Am  C/G  Am  C

[Verse 1]
               Am        G
Cold blows the wind upon my true love
F              C      G
Soft falls the gentle rain
  C     F       Am       F
I never had but one true love
       C         G        Am     F
And in Greenwood she lies slain

[Verse 2]
C        Am       G
I'd lose much for my true love
   F   C         G
As any young man may
     C            F         Am      F
I'll sit and I'll mourn all on your grave
    C             G     Am   F
For twelve months and a day

[Verse 3]
         C             Am      G
When the twelfth month and one day had passed
    F       C      G
The ghost began to speak
 C      F       Am             F
"Who is it that sits all on my grave
    C        G      Am      F
And will not let me sleep?"

[Verse 4]
      C       Am       G
"'Tis I, 'tis I, thine own true love
     F        C       G
That sits all on your grave
  C          F         Am         F
I ask of one kiss from your sweet lips
    C       G          Am      F
And that is all that I crave"

[Verse 5]
    C          Am     G
"My lips, they are as clay, my love
   F         C      G
My breath is earthy strong
    C             F       Am        F
And if you should kiss my clay-cold lips
     C             G      Am     F
Your time, 'twould not be long"

[Verse 6]
      C           Am     G
"Look down in the yonder garden fair
F           C          G
Love, where we used to walk
    C       F           Am   F
The fairest flower that ever bloomed
    C            G       Am      F
Has withered and too the stalk"

[Verse 7]
     C             Am           G
"The stalk, it has withered and dried, my love
F           C        G
So will our hearts decay
   C        F       Am       F
So make yourself content, my love
     C           G    Am    F
'Til death calls you away"