Misc Traditional – The Shearings Not For You (Guitar)

G                        Em           C        G
O the shearing's not for you, my bonnie lassie O,

G                        Em          Am        D
O the shearing's not for you, my bonnie lassie O,

C                                      G                D
O the shearing's not for you, for your back it wouldna' bow,

G                       Em           C       G
And your belly's o'er full, my bonnie lassie O.

G                      Em            C       G
It was in the month of May, my bonnie lassie O,

G                      Em             Am     D
It was in the month of May, my bonnie lassie O,

C                                    G                 D
It was in the month of May, when the flowers they were gay,

G                          Em              C       G
And the lambs did sport and play, my bonnie lassie O'

G                     Em            C        G
Do you mind on yonder hill, my bonnie laddie O,

G                     Em             Am      D
Do you mind on yonder hill, my bonnie laddie O,

C                                   G                  D
D'you mind on yonder hill where you swore you would me kill,

G                       Em             C       G
If you did'na have your will? my bonnie laddie O.

G                        Em            C       G
Do you mind the banks of Ayr, my bonnie laddie O,

G                        Em           Am       D
Do you mind the banks of Ayr, my bonnie laddie O,

C                                       G                  D
Do you mind the banks of Ayr, where you drew me in your snare,

G                        Em           C      G
And you left me in despair, my bonnie laddie O?

G                      Em             C       G
O it's you may kill me dead, my bonnie laddie O,

G                      Em             Am      D
O it's you may kill me dead, my bonnie laddie O,

C                                      G        D
O I'll not kill you dead nor make your body bleed,

G                      Em          C      G
Nor marry you with speed my bonnie lassie O.

G                        Em              C      G
For the pipes do sweetly play, my bonnie lassie O,

G                        Em              Am     D
For the pipes do sweetly play, my bonnie lassie O,

C                                   G                  D
O the pipes do sweetly play and the troops do march away,

G                        Em              C      G
And it's here I will not stay, my bonnie lassie O.

G                        Em          C         G
O the shearing's not for you, my bonnie lassie O,

G                        Em          Am        D
O the shearing's not for you, my bonnie lassie O,

C                                      G                 D
O the shearing's not for you, for your back it wouldna' bow,

G                        Em         C       G
And your belly's o'er full my bonnie lassie O.