This is my first tab, so go easy on me. Fairly easy song. The only thing I would
make note of is that sometimes he picks the D4 with the low E string open, and
sometimes he just strums the chord without the E. Just listen to the recording
and you can get a feel for it.
Am7 Bm D4 D4 Fill
E X X 0 -0-------
A 0 2 5 ---------
D 2 0 4 ----4----
G 0 0 0 --0------
B 1 3 3 ------3--
e 0 0 0 ---------
[Intro] G D4 C C/G X2
[Verses]
G D4 G D4 G Am7 G (walkup Am7 Bm)
Queen Jane lay in labor full nine days or more
Am D G D G Am7 Bm C C/G
'Til her women grew so tired, they could no longer there
G C G D4Fill G D4Fill
They could no longer there
G D4 G D4 G Am7 G (walkup Am7 Bm)
"Good women, good women, good women that you may be
Am D G D G Am7 Bm C C/G
Will you open my right side and find my baby?
G C G D4Fill G D4Fill
And find my baby
G D4 G D4 G Am7 G (walkup Am7 Bm)
"Oh no," cried the women, "That's a thing that can never be
Am D G D G Am7 Bm C C/G
We will send for King Henry and hear what he may say
G C G D4Fill G D4Fill
And hear what he may say"
G D4 G D4 G Am7 G (walkup Am7 Bm)
King Henry was sent for, King Henry did come
Am D G D G Am7 Bm C C/G
Saying, "What does ail you my lady? Your eyes, they look so dim
G C G D4Fill G D4Fill
Your eyes, they look so dim"
G D4 G D4 G Am7 G (walkup Am7 Bm)
"King Henry, King Henry, will you do one thing for me?
Am D G D G Am7 Bm C C/G
That's to open my right side and find my baby
G C G D4Fill G D4Fill
And find my baby"
G D4 G D4 G Am7 G (walkup Am7 Bm)
"Oh no, cried King Henry, "That's a thing I'll never do
Am D G D G Am7 Bm C C/G
If I lose the flower of England, I shall lose the branch too
G C G D4Fill G D4Fill
I shall lose the branch too"
*Acapella
There was fiddling, aye, and dancing on the day the babe was born
But poor Queen Jane beloved lay cold as the stone
Lay cold as the stone
