Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Difficulty: Novice Intro: F C Dm7 G7 C F C F G7 C F C G7 C Verse: F C Oh, come all ye maids who live at a distance F G7 Many's a mile from off your sway C F C Come and assist me this very moment G7 C For to pass away some time F Dm7 G Singing sweetly and completely C F G Songs of pleasure and of love C F C For me heart is with him altogether G7 C Though I live not where I love
Verse: F C When I sleep, I dream about you F G7 When I wake, I take no rest C F C Every moment thinking on you G7 C My heart o'er fixed in your breast F Dm7 G But although far distance maybe of assistance C F G If from my mind your love remove C F C For me heart is with him altogether G7 C Though I live not where I love Instrumental: F C Dm7 G7 Verse: C F C All the world shall be of no religion F G7 All living things shall cease to die C F C If ever I should prove false to my jewel G7 C Or any way his love deny F Dm7 G Oh, the world shall change and be most strange C F G If from my mind your love remove C F C For me heart is with him altogether G7 C Though I live not where I love Verse: F C So farewell lads and farewell lassies F G7 Now I think I've made my choice C F C I will away to yonder mountain G7 C Where I think I hear his voice F Dm7 G And if he hollows I will follow C F G Around the world though it's so wide C F C For young Thomas, he did promise G7 C I should be his lawful bride Instrumental: F C Dm7 G7 Verse: C F C Oh, come all ye maids who live at a distance F G7 Many's a mile from off your sway C F C Come and assist me this very moment G7 C For to pass away some time F Dm7 G Singing sweetly and completely C F G Songs of pleasure and of love C F C For me heart is with him altogether G7 C Though I live not where I love Outro: F C Dm7 G7 C