Misc Traditional – There Is A Tavern In The Town (Guitar)

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Traditional 19th century folk song. [Verse 1]
G
[tab]                                D
And there my true love sits him down sits him down

    G                  C
And drinks his wine as merry as can be

    D                     G C G
And never never thinks of me
[Chorus]
G         D
Fare thee well for I must leave thee

       G
Do not let this parting grieve thee

      D
And remember that the best of friends

     G    C    G
Must part must part

G
Adieu adieu kind friends yes adieu

                          D
I can no longer stay with you stay with you

     G                   C
I'll hang my harp on the weeping willow tree

    D                          G   C G
And may the world go well with thee
[Verse 2]
G
He left me for a damsel dark damsel dark

                               D
Each Friday night they used to spark used to spark

    G               C
And now my love who once was true to me

D                             G   C G
Takes this dark damsel on his knee
[Chorus]
G         D
Fare thee well for I must leave thee

       G
Do not let this parting grieve thee

      D
And remember that the best of friends

     G    C    G
Must part must part

G
Adieu adieu kind friends yes adieu

                          D
I can no longer stay with you stay with you

     G                   C
I'll hang my harp on the weeping willow tree

    D                          G   C G
And may the world go well with thee
[Verse 3]
G
And now I see him nevermore nevermore

                        D
He never knocks upon my door on my door

   G            C
Oh woe is me he pinned a little note

    D                           G    C G
And these were all the words he wrote
[Chorus]
G         D
Fare thee well for I must leave thee

       G
Do not let this parting grieve thee

      D
And remember that the best of friends

     G    C    G
Must part must part

G
Adieu adieu kind friends yes adieu

                          D
I can no longer stay with you stay with you

     G                   C
I'll hang my harp on the weeping willow tree

    D                          G   C G
And may the world go well with thee
[Verse 4]
G
Oh dig my grave both wide and deep wide and deep

                              D
Put tombstones at my head and feet head and feet

    G                    C
And on my breast you may carve a turtle dove

   D                 G   C G
To signify I died of love
[Chorus]
G         D
Fare thee well for I must leave thee

       G
Do not let this parting grieve thee

      D
And remember that the best of friends

     G    C    G
Must part must part

G
Adieu adieu kind friends yes adieu

                          D
I can no longer stay with you stay with you

     G                   C
I'll hang my harp on the weeping willow tree

    D                          G   C G
And may the world go well with thee