Misc Traditional – Robin Hood (Guitar)

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From A Musicall Dreame, or The Fourth Booke of Ayres (1609), by Robert Jones. [Verse 1]
   G                    C     G
In Sherwood lived stout Robin Hood,

   D      C          D
An archer great none greater.

    C       F           A        C
His bow and shafts were sure and good,

    D       C         G
Yet Cupid's were much better.

G           D        E
Robin could shoot at many a hart and miss,

F        C           E              D
Cupid at first could hit a heart of his.
[Chorus]
A         D
Hey, jolly Robin,

D        C
Ho, jolly Robin,

G                D
Hey, jolly Robin Hood,

     G
Love finds out me

           D
As well as thee,

   G
To follow me,

   G
To follow me,

   C
To follow me,

   D                      G
To follow me to the green wood.
[Verse 2]
  G               C     G
A noble thief was Robin Hood,

     D      C       D
Wise was he could deceive him,

    C      F      A       C
Yet Marian in his bravest mood

      D      C       G
Could of his heart bereave him.

   G       D          E
No greater thief lies hidden under skies

F           C       E                 D
Than beauty closely lodged in women's eyes.
[Chorus]
A         D
Hey, jolly Robin,

D        C
Ho, jolly Robin,

G          C     D
Hey, jolly Robin Hood,

     G
Love finds out me

           D
As well as thee

   G
To follow me,

   G
To follow me,

   C
To follow me,

   D                      G
To follow me to the green wood.
[Verse 3]
   G               C     G
An outlaw was this Robin Hood,

    D         C     D
His life free and unruly,

    C        F      A        C
Yet to faire Marian bound he stood,

    D           C        G
And love's debt paid her duly.

     G       D         E
Whom curb of strictest law could not hold in,

F                   C     E          D
Love with obedience and a wink could win.
[Chorus]
A         D
Hey jolly Robin,

D        C
Ho jolly Robin,

G                D
Hey, jolly Robin Hood,

     G
Love finds out me

           D
As well as thee

   G
To follow me,

   G
To follow me,

   C
To follow me,

   D                      G
To follow me to the green wood.
[Verse 4]
    G                   C     G
Now wend we home, stout Robin Hood,

      D      C       D
Leave we the woods behind us.

     C        F      A      C
Love passions cannot be withstood,

     D    C          G
Love everywhere will find us.

  G        D         E
I lived in field and town, and so did he,

F               C           E        D
I got me to the woods, love followed me.
[Chorus]
A          D
Hey, jolly Robin,

D         C
Ho, jolly Robin,

G                D
Hey, jolly Robin Hood,

     G
Love finds out me

           D
As well as thee

   G
To follow me,

   G
To follow me,

   C
To follow me,

   D                      G
To follow me to the green wood.