SONG: THE YOUNG SLAVER ARTIST: JONATHAN BYRD TAB BY: DON CZARSKI EMAIL: [email protected] THE YOUNG SLAVER JONATHAN BYRD INTRO: G G D G D Em C G Em C G VERSE: G D G D Oh my dear, you prepare, are you going anywhere? Em C G Em Oh my dear, back from town, are you to a vessel bound, C G Off to war on an angry sea? VERSE: G D G D Fairest one, I love you, this is something I must do Em C G Em Fairest one, if I stay, then your honor I'd betray C G So I seek lesser company G D G D Em C G Em C G VERSE: G D G D Oh my dear, please don't leave, there are tears upon my sleeve Em C G Em Oh my dear, if you go, down the archipelago C G You will never return to me VERSE: G D G D Fairest one, let me go, for you know I love you so Em C G Em Fairest one, I'll return and your marriage I will earn C G With promotion and bravery G D G D Em C G Em C G VERSE: G D G D Oh my dear, you are gone, I will mourn you ere the dawn Em C G Em All the young and the brave are the first to find their grave C G In Her Majesty's company VERSE: G D G D Fairest one never knew what I'm really set to do Em C G Em Fairest one I never told, trading slaves for rum and gold C G To win her from her family G D G D Em C G Em C G VERSE: G D G D Oh my dear, I have dreams, in the night I hear the screams Em C G Em Oh my dear, in those lands, you have blood upon your hands C G And your soul is in jeopardy VERSE: G D G D Fairest one of my land, I do not deserve your hand Em C G Em Fairest one, like a fool, I have been the devil's tool C G And my soul is in jeopardy G D G D Em C G Em C G VERSE: G D G D Oh my dear, I have learned, all the ships of war returned Em C G Em Oh my dear, as you know, they did not return with you C G So I made you a grave by the sea VERSE: G D G D Fairest one, I have sins rum or gold could never cleanse Em C G Em Fairest one, in the deep, I will lay my self to sleep C G And make me a grave of the sea OUTRO: G D G D Em C G Em C G NOTE: When Jonathan Byrd plays this song live he plays in a different key. He then CAPO'S at the 4th fret and plays the following: NO CAPO CAPO 4th FRET G C D G Em Am C F
