Steeleye Span – Lovely On The Water (Guitar)

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[Intro] F Cm F Cm [Verse]
            F           Cm
As I walked out one morning

                  Eb     Cm  Bb
In the springtime of the year..

  Cm  Eb      F      Bb
I overheard a sailor boy

    Eb       Bb Cm    F  Cm
Likewise a lady fair
[Verse]
            F      Cm
They sang a song together

                 Eb     Cm  Bb
Made the valleys for to ring..

          Cm           Eb            F       Bb
While the birds on the spray, in the meadows gay

   Eb            Bb   Cm      F  Cm
Proclaimed the lovely spring
[Verse]
           F       Cm
Said Willy unto Nancy

                  Eb    Cm  Bb
"Oh, we soon must sail away...

         Cm     Eb     F Bb
For it's lovely on the water

   Eb       Bb    Cm    F  Cm
To hear the music play"
[Verse]
                   F          Cm
"For our Queen she do want seamen

              Eb        Cm  Bb
So I will not stay all ashore..

       Cm        Eb          F   Bb
I will brave the wars for my country

          Eb         Bb      Cm    F  Cm
Where the blundering cannons roar"
[Verse]
           F            Cm
Poor Nancy fell and fainted

            Eb          Cm Bb
But soon he brought her to...

         Cm         Eb         F       Bb
For it's there they kissed and there embraced

    Eb       Bb  Cm
And took a fond adieu
[Instrumental] F Cm F Cm F Cm Bb A Bb A G F Fm7 Cm Fm7 Cm Fm7 Cm Fm7 Cm [Verse]
                  F                Cm
"Come change your ring with me, my love

           Eb        Cm  Bb
For we may meet once more..

            Cm   Eb             F         Bb
But there's one above that will guard you love

          Eb         Bb      Cm    F  Cm
Where the blundering cannons roar"
[Verse]
            F             Cm
"For pounds it is our bounty

              Eb     Cm  Bb
And that must do for thee..

       Cm       Eb   F Bb
But to help the aged parents

      Eb    Bb    Cm    F  Cm  F  Cm
While I am on the sea"
[Outro]
          F           Cm
For Tower Hill is crowded

              Eb      Cm  Bb
With mother's weeping sore..

          Cm       Eb               Bb
For their sons are gone to face the war

          Ab                 Cm   Eb  F  Cm  Bb
Where the blundering cannons roar