The English Ladye And The Knight chords by Loreena Mckennitt

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Am  Em F  C G  Am  Em Am G C  G Am Em  F
Am  Em F  C G  Am  Em Am G C  G Am Em  D
Am G Am Em Am Em F G Am G C G Am Em F G
Am G Am Em Am Em F G Am G C G Am Em D

Verse:
    Am      G
Twas an English ladye bright
  Am             G
The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall
  Am             G
And she would marry a Scottish knight
  Am         Em   Am  Em
For love will still be lord of all

Verse:
   Am           G
Blithely they saw the rising sun
   Am        Em
When he shone fair on Carlisle wall
  Am        G
But they were sad ere day was done
    F         G    Am
Though love was still the lord of all

Verse:
                G
Her sire gave brooch and jewel fine
     F         G
Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall
  Am             G
Her brother gave but a flask of wine
  F         G    Am
For ire that love was lord of all

Verse:
                  Em
For she had lands, both meadow and lea
     F         G
Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall
  Am           G
For he swore her death, ere he would see
 Am         Em   D
A Scottish knight the lord of all

Instrumental:
Am G Am Em Am Em F G Am G C G Am Em F G
Am G Am Em Am Em F G Am G C G Am Em D

Verse:
   Am            Em
That wine, she had not tasted well
    F       G
The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall
   Am              G
When dead in her true love's arms she fell
  F         G    Am
For love was still the lord of all

Verse:
               Em
He pierced her brother to the heart
     F         G
Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall
  Am             Em
So perish all would true love part
   Am        Em   Am  G
That love may still be lord of all

Verse:
  Am            Em
And then he took the cross divine
     F         G
Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall
  F             G
And died for her sake in Palestine
  Am    F     G    Am
So love was still the lord of all

Instrumental:
Am  Em F  C G  Am  Em Am G C  G Am Em  D

Verse:
  Am             Em
Now all ye lovers that faithful prove
  F         G
The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall
   F               G
Pray for their souls, who died for love
  Am         Em   Am
For love shall still be lord of all

Outro:
Am  Em F  C G  Am  Em Am G C  G Am Em  F
Am  Em F  C G  Am  Em Am G C  G Am Em  D