Verse: D Dsus2 C Asus2 Harking is bonny and there lives my love Asus2 C Bm D G My heart lies on him and cannot remove G D Asus2 C D It cannot remove for all that I have done D G C D G And I never will forget my love Anachie G D Asus2 G D For Anachie Gordon he's bonny and he's bright D G C D G He'd entice any woman that e'er he saw G D Asus2 G Bm He'd entice any woman and so he has done me Bm G C D G And I never will forget my love Anachie
D Dsus2 C Asus2 Down came her father and he's standing at the door Asus2 G C Bm G Saying Jeannie you are trying the tricks of a whore G D Asus2 G D You care nothing for a man who cares so very much for thee D G C D G You must marry Lord Sultan and leave Annachie G D Asus2 G Bm For Annachie Gordon is barely but a man Bm G C Bm D G Although he may be pretty but where are his lands G D Asus2 D C G For The Sultan's lands are broad and his towers they run high G C Bm G You must marry Lord Sultan and leave Annachie D Dsus2 G Asus2 With Annachie Gordon I beg for my bread Asus2 G C Bm D G And before I marry Sultan his gold to my head G D Asus2 G D With gold to my head and straight down to my knee D G C Bm D G And I'll die if I don't get my love Annachie G D Asus2 G D And you who are my parents to church you may me bring D G C Bm G But unto Lord Sultan I'll never bear a son G D C G D To a son or a daughter I'll never bow my knee D G C D G And I'll die if I don't get my love Annachie D Dsus2 C Asus2 Jeannie was married and from church was brought home Asus2 G D G When she and her maidens so merry should have been G D Asus2 G Bm When she and her maidens so merry should have been Bm G C D G She goes into her chamber and cries all alone D Dsus2 C D Come to my bed my Jeannie my honey and my sweet Bm G C D G To style you my mistress it would be so sweet G D Asus2 G D Be it mistress or Jeannie it's all the same to me D G Bm G But in your bed Lord Sultan I never will lie G D Asus2 G D And down came her father and he's spoken with renown D G D Saying you who are her maidens D Asus2 G Go loosen up her gowns G D Asus2 And she fell down to the floor C G D Bm And straight down to her knee, saying G Asus2 D G Father look I'm dying for my love Annachie D Dsus2 C D The day that Jeannie married was the day that Jeannie died D G C Bm D G And the day that young Annachie came home on the tide G D Asus2 G D And down came her maidens all wringing of their hands D G C Bm D G Saying oh it's been so long, you've been so long on the sands G Bm Asus2 G D So long on the sands, so long on the flood D G C D G They have married your Jeannie and now she lies dead D Dsus2 C D You who are her maidens come take me by the hand D G Asus2 Bm D G And lead me to the chamber where my love she lies in G D Asus2 G D And he kissed her cold lips till his heart it turned to stone D G C Bm D G