Steeleye Span – Long Lankin (Guitar)

         Em     D      C        Em      D        A     C
Said the lord unto his lady, as he rode over the moss

   Em   D       C            Em     D          A      C
"Beware of Long Lankin, that lives amongst the gorse

  G                Em               C               G
Beware the moss, beware the moor, beware of Long Lankin

   C G/B      Am        G  D/F# Em
Be sure.. the doors are bolted  well

     G      D            Em
Lest Lankin should creep in"

         Em   D       C         Em D     A    C
Said the lord unto his lady, as he rode away

   Em   D       C            Em     D          A    C
"Beware of Long Lankin, that lives amongst the hay

  G                Em               C               G
Beware the moss, beware the moor, beware of Long Lankin

   C G/B      Am        G  D/F# Em
Be sure.. the doors are bolted  well

     G      D            Em
Lest Lankin should creep in"

 D                                 C    G/B  C  G
"Where's the master of the house?" says Long Lankin

 D                     A                 G
"He's away to London," says the nurse to him

 D                               C    G/B  C  G
"Where's the lady of the house?" says Long Lankin

 D                         A                 G    A  G
"She's up in her chamber," says the nurse to him

 D                               C    G/B  C  G
"Where's the baby of the house?" says Long Lankin

 D                           A                 G    A   D
"He's asleep in the cradle," says the nurse to him

         G          A
"We will pinch him, we will prick him

D  A    D        G      A
We will stab him with a pin

D       G           A
And the nurse shall hold the basin

D       G         D  A   D
For the blood all to run in"

        G           A
So they pinched him and they pricked him

D    A    D           G      A
Then they stabbed him with a pin

D       G           A
And the false nurse held the basin

D       G         D  A   D
For the blood all to run in

 D                            C    G/B  C  G
"Lady, come down the stairs," says Long Lankin

 D                           A             G
"How can I see in the dark?" she says unto him

 D                         C    G/B  C  G
"You have silver mantles," says Long Lankin

 D                           A               G     A  G
"Lady, come down the stairs, by the light of them"

D                              C    G/B C  G
Down the stairs the lady came, thinking no harm

D                        A                G    A
Lankin he stood ready to catch her in his arm

D         G         A
There was blood all in the kitchen

D     A   D         G      A
There was blood all in the hall

D         G         A
There was blood all in the parlour

D        G    D   A   D
Where my lady she did fall

         G      A
Now Long Lankin shall be hanged

D    A   D        G      A
From the gallows, oh, so high

D       G           A
And the false nurse shall be burned

D      G D  A     D
In the fire close by

         Em     D      C        Em      D        A     C
Said the lord unto his lady, as he rode over the moss

   Em   D       C            Em     D          A      C
"Beware of Long Lankin, that lives amongst the gorse

  G                Em               C               G
Beware the moss, beware the moor, beware of Long Lankin

   C G/B      Am        G  D/F# Em
Be sure.. the doors are bolted  well

     G      D            Em
Lest Lankin should creep in"