Misc Traditional – Scarborough Fair (Guitar)

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Notes: Lift your middle finger on and off the Am chord at the end of the line(s) for a nice 'atmospheric' sound! [Verse 1]
Am      C        G           Am
Are you going to Scarborough Faire?

        C        D        Am 
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme

         C             G
Remember me to one who lived there

Am       G     Em           Am
She once was a true love of mine.
[Verse 2]
Am       C         G       Am
Have her make me a cambric shirt

        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme

           C                     G
Without no seams nor fine needle work

Am          G    Em           Am
Then she'll be a true love of mine
[Verse 3]
Am          C             G             Am
Tell her to weave it in a sycamore wood lane

        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme

          C                 G
Gather it up in a basket of flowers

Am          G    Em           Am
Then she'll be a true love of mine
[Verse 4]
Am       C          G          Am
Have her wash it in yonder dry well

        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme

                  C                       G
Where water ne'er sprung nor drop of rain fell

 Am          G    Em          Am     
Then she'll be a true love of mine
[Verse 5]
Am          C      G         Am
Tell her to dry it on yonder thorn

        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme 

                 C                      G
Which never bore blossom since Adam was born

    Am          G    Em           Am 
And then she'll be a true love of mine
[Verse 6]
Am             C          G       Am
Tell her to to find me an acre of land

        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme

                C                 G
Between the sea foam and over the sand

Am          G    Em           Am
Then she'll be a true love of mine
[Verse 8]
Am       C             G         Am
Plow the land with the horn of a lamb

        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme

              C                       G
Then sow some seeds from north of the dam

Am          G    Em           Am
Then she'll be a true love of mine
[Verse 7]
Am       C              G         Am
Have her reap it with a sickle of leather

        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme

          C                G
Gather it up in a bunch of heather

Am          G    Em           Am
Then she'll be a true love of mine
[Verse 8]
Am         C     G          Am
Ask her to do me this courtesy

        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme

        C                G
And ask for a like favor from me

    Am          G    Em           Am 
And then she'll be a true love of mine
[Verse 9]
Am     C            G                  Am
If she tells me she can't then I'll reply

        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme

       C                           G
Let me know that at least she will try

Am          G    Em           Am
Then she'll be a true love of mine
[Verse 10]
Am     C       G        Am
Love imposes impossible tasks 

        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme

           C                   G
Though not more than any heart asks

    Am     G            Em           Am 
And I must know she's a true love of mine
[Verse 11]
Am       C       G           Am
Have you been to Scarborough Fair? 

        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme 

         C               G
Remember me from one who lives there

Am          G     Em           Am
For he once was a true love of mine
[Verse 12]
Am          C        G            Am
When he has done and finished his work

        C        D        Am 
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme

           C                    G 
Ask him to come for his cambric shirt

    Am         G    Em           Am 
For then he'll be a true love of mine
[Verse 13]
Am   C        G            Am
When thou has finished thy task

        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme

        C                 G
Come to me my hand for to ask

Am              G    Em           Am
For then you'll be a true love of mine