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Scarborough Fair
Traditional English

Verse 1
Am      C        G           Am
Are you going to Scarborough Faire?
        C        D        Am 
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
         C             G
Remember me to one who lived there
Am       G     Em           Am
She once was a true love of mine.

Verse 2
Am       C         G       Am
Have her make me a cambric shirt
        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
           C                     G
Without no seams nor fine needle work
Am          G    Em           Am
Then she'll be a true love of mine

Verse 3
Am          C             G             Am
Tell her to weave it in a sycamore wood lane
        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
          C                 G
Gather it up in a basket of flowers
Am          G    Em           Am
Then she'll be a true love of mine

Verse 4
Am       C          G          Am
Have her wash it in yonder dry well
        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
                  C                       G
Where water ne'er sprung nor drop of rain fell
 Am          G    Em          Am     
Then she'll be a true love of mine

Verse 5
Am          C      G         Am
Tell her to dry it on yonder thorn
        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme 
                 C                      G
Which never bore blossom since Adam was born
    Am          G    Em           Am 
And then she'll be a true love of mine

Verse 6
Am             C          G       Am
Tell her to to find me an acre of land
        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
                C                 G
Between the sea foam and over the sand
Am          G    Em           Am
Then she'll be a true love of mine

Verse 8
Am       C             G         Am
Plow the land with the horn of a lamb
        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
              C                       G
Then sow some seeds from north of the dam
Am          G    Em           Am
Then she'll be a true love of mine

Verse 7
Am       C              G         Am
Have her reap it with a sickle of leather
        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
          C                G
Gather it up in a bunch of heather
Am          G    Em           Am
Then she'll be a true love of mine

Verse 8
Am         C     G          Am
Ask her to do me this courtesy
        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
        C                G
And ask for a like favor from me
    Am          G    Em           Am 
And then she'll be a true love of mine

Verse 9
Am     C            G                  Am
If she tells me she can't then I'll reply
        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
       C                           G
Let me know that at least she will try
Am          G    Em           Am
Then she'll be a true love of mine

Verse 10
Am     C       G        Am
Love imposes impossible tasks 
        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
           C                   G
Though not more than any heart asks
    Am     G            Em           Am 
And I must know she's a true love of mine

Verse 11
Am       C       G           Am
Have you been to Scarborough Fair? 
        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme 
         C               G
Remember me from one who lives there
Am          G     Em           Am
For he once was a true love of mine

Verse 12
Am          C        G            Am
When he has done and finished his work
        C        D        Am 
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
           C                    G 
Ask him to come for his cambric shirt
    Am         G    Em           Am 
For then he'll be a true love of mine

Verse 13
Am   C        G            Am
When thou has finished thy task
        C        D        Am
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
        C                 G
Come to me my hand for to ask
Am              G    Em           Am
For then you'll be a true love of mine


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