Verse 1:
 Am     C         G     Em
Alas my love, you do me wrong,
   Am              E
to cast me off discourteously.
    Am     C     G      Em
For I have loved you so long,
  Am           E7       Am
delighting in your company.

Chorus:
C                G      Em
Greensleeves was all my joy,
Am               E
Greensleeves was my delight,
C                   G        Em
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
    Am         E7   Am
and who but my Lady Greensleeves.

Verse 2:
       Am       C  G       Em
I have been readie at your hand,
    Am              E
to grant what ever you would crave.
   Am        C     G       Em
I have both waged life and land,
     Am        E7           Am
your love and good will for to have.

Verse 3:
    Am    C          G     Em
Thy gown was of the grassy green,
      Am                E
thy sleeves of satin hanging by,
      Am        C       G       Em
Which made thee be our harvest queen,
 Am           E7              Am
And yet thou wouldst not love me.

Chorus:
C                G      Em
Greensleeves was all my joy,
Am               E
Greensleeves was my delight,
C                   G        Em
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
    Am         E7   Am
and who but my Lady Greensleeves.

Verse 4:
      Am     C       G      Em
Well, I will pray to God on high,
      Am                   E
That thou constancy mayst see,
    Am       C      G      Em
And that yet once before I die,
     Am        E7          Am
Thou wilt vouchsafe to love me.

Outro:
C                      G    Em
Greensleeves, now farewel adue,
Am             E
God I pray to prosper thee:
C              G         Em
For I am stil thy lover true,
Am          E7            Am
come once againe and love me.
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