Great Big Sea – Yarmouth Town (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Chords

From "Sea of No Cares" (2002) Sean has a capo on the second fret. Alan plays straight chords in A. [Intro] |G C G |G C G| x2 [Verse]
     G                    Em
 In Yarmouth town there lived a man,

     C            C/B   Am        D  
 He had a little tavern by the strand.

          G               Em       
 And the landlord had a daughter fair,

 C              C/B        Am     D                                       
 pretty little thing with golden hair.
[Chorus]
 G                    C
Won't you come down, won't you come down,

 G                      D        G
Won't you come down to Yarmouth town.
[Intro] |G C G |G C G| [Verse]
     G                  Em
One night there came a sailor man,

    C         C/B     Am       D
he asked the daughter for her hand.

       G             Em
"Well, I won't marry you" she said,

    C         C/B      Am         D
"I have all I want without being wed."
[Verse]
     G                Em
"But if with me you'd like to linger,

      C         C/B        Am       D
I'll tie some string all around my finger.

       G             Em
As you walk by, pull on my string,

     C         C/B         Am        D
and I'll come down and let you right in."
[Chorus]
 G                    C
Won't you come down, won't you come down,

 G                      D        G
Won't you come down to Yarmouth town.
[Chorus]
 G                    C
Won't you come down, won't you come down,

 G                      D        G
Won't you come down to Yarmouth town.
[Intro] |G C G |G C G| [Verse]
           G                 Em
Well, the very next day at closing time,

      C    C/B      Am            D
the sailor man goes off to the strand.

    G                    Em 
And as he walks by pulls on that string,

C         C/B         Am        D
She came down and let him right in.

      G                       Em
Well, he's never seen such a sight before,

       C     N.C.  
the string around her finger was all she wore!
[break]: |G Em C Am D| G Em C C/B Am D| x2 [Chorus]
 G                    C
Won't you come down, won't you come down,

 G                      D        G
Won't you come down to Yarmouth town.
[Chorus]
 G                    C
Won't you come down, won't you come down,

 G                      D        G
Won't you come down to Yarmouth town.
[Intro] |G C G |G C G| [Verse]
   G                  Em
So all you men who to Yarmouth go, 

       C         C/B             Am         D
If ya see those girls with their hair hung low,

G                    Em
all you gotta do is pull their strings,

      C          C/B          Am        D
and they'll come down and let you right in.
[Chorus]
 G                    C
Won't you come down, won't you come down,

 G                      D        G
Won't you come down to Yarmouth town.
[Chorus]
 G                    C
Won't you come down, won't you come down,

 G                      D        G
Won't you come down to Yarmouth town.
[Chorus]
       G                    C
Well, won't you come down, won't you come down,

 G                      D        G
Won't you come down to Yarmouth town.
[Chorus]
 G                    C
Won't you come down, won't you come down,

 G                      D        G
Won't you come down to Yarmouth town.
[Intro] |G C G |G C G|