Sir James The Rose

	  		
Verse 
    G 
Oh, have you heard Sir James the Rose 
    D 
The young heir of Loch Laggan 
    Am              Em 
For he has killed a gallant squire 
        C                  D 
And his friends are out to take him 

Verse 
    G 
And he's gone to the House of Marr 
    D 
The Nurse there did befriend him 
    Am           Em 
And he has gone upon his knees 
    C                 D 
And begged for her to hide him 

Verse 
 G                       C           G 
"Where're you going, Sir James?" she said 
 G 
"Where now are you riding?" 
     C    G           C 
"Oh, I am bound for a foreign land 
    G       D     G 
But now I'm under hiding" 

 C             G   C             G 
"Where shall I go? Where shall I run? 
C             G         D 
Where shall I go for to hide me? 
C   G      D        G       C   Am 
For I have killed a gallant squire 
            G       D      C    G/B Am G 
And they're seeking for to slay me" 


Instrumental 
G 
D    C G 

Verse 
        G 
Then he turned him right and round about 
    D 
And rolled him in the bracken 
    Am             Em 
And he has gone to take a sleep 
       C                D 
In the lowlands of Loch Laggan 

Verse 
   G 
He had not well gone out of sight 
    D 
Nor was he past Milstrethen 
     Am              Em 
When four-and-twenty belted knights 
     C               D 
Came riding o'er the leathen 

Verse 
 G                 C         G 
"Have you seen Sir James the Rose 
    G 
The young heir of Loch Laggan 
    C      G        C 
For he has killed a gallant squire 
    G          D      G 
And we're sent out to take him" 

 C             G   C             G 
"Where shall I go? Where shall I run? 
C             G         D 
Where shall I go for to hide me? 
C   G      D        G       C   Am 
For I have killed a gallant squire 
            G       D      C    G/B Am G 
And they're seeking for to slay me" 


Instrumental 
G 
D    C G 

Verse 
        G 
"You'll see the bank above the mill 
       D 
In the lowlands of Loch Laggan 
    Am                    Em 
And there you'll find Sir James the Rose 
C               D 
Sleeping in the bracken" 

Verse 
     G 
"You must not wake him out of sleep 
    D 
Nor yet must you afright him 
     Am               Em 
Just run a dart right through his heart 
    C                D 
And through the body pierce him" 

Verse 
     G                C        G 
They sought the bank above the mill 
       G 
In the lowlands of Loch Laggan 
    C          G         C 
And there they found Sir James the Rose 
G        D      G 
Sleeping in the bracken 

 C             G   C             G 
"Where shall I go? Where shall I run? 
C             G         D 
Where shall I go for to hide me? 
C   G      D        G       C   Am 
For I have killed a gallant squire 
            G       D      C    G/B Am G 
And they're seeking for to slay me" 


Instrumental 
Em   G   Em   G   Em   G   Em   G 
Em   G   Em   G   Em   G   Em   D  G 

Verse 
     G 
Then up and spake Sir John the Graeme 
    D 
Who had the charge a-keeping 
       Am                  Em 
"It'll never be said, dear gentleman 
   C                     D 
We killed him while he's sleeping" 

Verse 
     G 
They seized his broadsword and his targe 
    D 
And closely him surrounded 
    Am               Em 
And when he woke out of his sleep 
    C              D 
His senses were confounded 

Verse 
    G               C       G 
Now they have taken out his heart 
    G 
And stuck it on a spear 
     C       G      C 
They took it to the House of Marr 
    G       D      G 
And gave it to his dear 
 
 C             G   C             G 
"Where shall I go? Where shall I run? 
C             G         D 
Where shall I go for to hide me? 
C   G      D        G       C   Am 
For I have killed a gallant squire 
            G       D      C    G/B Am G 
And they're seeking for to slay me" 


Outro 
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D    C G