Steeleye Span – Just As The Tide (Guitar)

    Am             F        G
One morning in the month of May

     C            F G C
Down by a flowing river..

  Am           F          G
A jolly sailor chanced to stray

     C              F G C
When he beheld some lover..

                         Em
Her cheeks were red, her eyes were brown

    Am                        F
Her hair in ringlets, hanging down

        Am               F     G
She'd a lovely brow, without a frown

     C                 F G C
Just as the tide was a-flowing

   Am                 F        G
No more did stay, but on their way

     C             F G C
They both did go together

    Am                       F         G
The small birds sang and the lambs did play

    C                F G C
And pleasant was the weather

                       Em
Then being weary, they both sat down

  Am                                 F
Beneath the trees with the branches 'round

    Am                  F        G
And what was said shall ne'er be known

     C                 F G C
Just as the tide was a-flowing

     Am                      F        G
Then on the grass this young girl did roll

    C              F G C
Her colour it kept changing

     Am                 F      G
This pretty maid called out, “Alas!

      C                  F G C
Don’t let your mind be a-ranging”

                    Em
She gave him twenty pound in store

         Am                         F
Saying, “Meet me when you will have more

      Am           F  G
For a jolly sailor I adore

     C                 F G C
Just as the tide was a-flowing

     Am                      F        G
They kissed, shook hands and then did part

     C                 F G C
Jack Tar drank rum and brandy

        Am                F       G
“And to keep my shipmates in good cheer

     C                   F G C
That lady's gold came in handy

                          Em
And with some other young girl you’ll go

       Am                          F
To the public bar where the brandy flow

     Am              F       G
Give me the lad that will do so

     C                 F G C   F  C  G
Just as the tide was a-flowing

     C                 F G C   F  C  G
Just as the tide was a-flowing

     C                 F G C
Just as the tide was a-flowing