Chords and harmonica parts similar to Josh MacRae’s version on

‘Border Lands – The Best Of Scottish Folk’, lyrics vary slightly

 

Intro guitar & harmonica (C-harmonica, draw underlines numbers, blow all others):

(C)4 (G)4 (C)4 3 3 

(G7)2 3 3 (C)3

 

Some (C)ladies are (F)foo(C)lish

Some ladies are (G)gay(G7)

Some (C)ladies are (F)come(C)ly

Some live (G7)while they (C)may

 

Picked notes: C-A-H-C or single-strummed chords: C-Am-G-C

My (Am)lady's a wild flying dove -Am-Dm

My lady is (G7)wine
She (C)whispers each (F)eve(C)ning
She's mine, (G7)mine, (C)mine

Bridge guitar & harmonica:

(C)4 5 (F)5 (C)5 4 4  

(G7)3 3 3 (C)4

She (C)likes pretty (F)pic(C)tures
She loves singing (G)birds(G7)
She'll (C)watch them for (F)ho(C)urs
But I see (G7)only (C)her

 

Picked notes: C-A-H-C or single-strummed chords: C-Am-G-C

 

Chorus

Bridge guitar & harmonica:

(C)4 (F)4 (C)4 3 

3 3 4 (G)3 (G7)

(C)4 5 (F)5 (C)5 4 4  

(G7)3 3 3 (C)4

 

(Am)3 4 3

3 (Dm)3 3 (G7) 2
(C)4 5 (F)5 (C)5 4 4  

(G7)3 3 3 (C)4

 

She (C)tells me she's (F)lear(C)ning
Just how full her cup can (G)be(G7)
She (C)asks me to (F)teach (C)her
But I know, (G7)she's teaching (C)me

 

Picked notes: C-A-H-C or single-strummed chords: C-Am-G-C

 

Chorus

 

Outro guitar and harmonica:

(C)4 (G)4 (C)4 3 3 

(G7)2 3 3 (C)3