William And Davy chords by Kate Rusby

Key: C

Pattern continues throughout song:
D D D G
G D D G
D Bm Bm A G
A Bm G A
Bm F# G A D



♫ Verse 1:
 D               G
William and Davy were born in one hall
 G     D                 G
They grew side by side, as they grew strong and tall
 D   Bm         Bm      A  G
Shared most things, only quarrelled now and then
 A    Bm      G       A
In twenty years they were fine young men
 Bm     F#       G  A  D
In twenty years they were fine young men

♫ Verse 2:
 D                G
William and Davy their hearts have been won
 G        D           G
For each young man she's the very same one
 D   Bm         Bm      A  G
Her eyes are blue; she has soft and snowy skin
 A    Bm      G      A
A fairer maiden there never has been
 Bm     F#   G   A   D
A fairer maiden there never has been

♫ Verse 3:
 D                G
Said William to Davy this girl I must wed
 G     D             G
She fills my dreams like she fills my head
 D   Bm       Bm     A  G
Please be kind her true lover I'll be him
 A    Bm      G     A
Around the ocean I'm willing to swim
 Bm     F#   G    A  D
Around the ocean I'm willing to swim

♫ Verse 4:
 D                  G
Oh dearest William well you must play fair
 G     D               G
She's in my heart and she will always be there
 D   Bm        Bm      A  G
And I am sure that she loves me more than thee
 A   Bm  G    A
In her arms I soon will be
 Bm   F#   G  A  D
In her arms I soon will be

♫ Verse 5:
 D                G
Said William to Davy, away let us ride
 G          D      G
Unto her and we'll stand side by side
 D   Bm            Bm      A  G
There she'll choose who she'll love and who she'll wed
 A    Bm     G      A
And who will lie with her in her bed
 Bm   F#      G A  D
Who will lie with her in her bed

♫ Verse 6:
 D                      G
The brothers they rode through wind and through rain
 G     D         G
Each of them her heart for to gain
 D   Bm       Bm       A  G
They rode until they were standing at her door
 A    Bm      G        A
Their bellies empty, their hearts were sore
 Bm     F#       G   A  D
Their bellies empty, their hearts were sore

♫ Verse 7:
 D                   G
Then swiftly the maiden she opened the door
 G     D                G
Young William and Davy, come round here no more
 D   Bm    Bm    A  G
Wed I am, oh and happy I will be
 A    Bm    G     A
Gold and silver he gave to me
 Bm    F#   G A   D
Gold and silver he gave to me

♫ Verse 8:
 D                G
William and Davy were born in one hall
 G   D                 G
They rode side by side and they never did stall
 D   Bm       Bm      A  G
They both have lost the girl that they adore
 A    Bm      G         A
Their bellies empty, their hearts still sore
 Bm     F#       G   A   D
Their bellies empty, their hearts still sore
 A    Bm      G         A
Their bellies empty, their hearts still sore
 Bm     F#       G   A   D
Their bellies empty, their hearts still sore
 A  Bm   G    A
       still sore
 Bm  F#  G A  D
       still sore