Tuning: E A D G B E

(N.C. means no strumming) [Verse 1] N.C. Dm There was a knight, and a lady bright

And ^Fthree little babes had ^Dmshe She sent them away, to a far country To^Gm learn ^Atheir gra^Dmmmerie

[Verse 2] N.C. Dm They hadn't been gone but a very short time

A^Fbout three months and a ^Dmday When the lark spread o'er this whole wide world And ^Gmtaken th^Aose babes ^Dmaway

[Verse 3] N.C. Dm It was on a cold, cold Christmas night

When ^Feverything w^Dmas still And she saw her three little babes come running Come^Gm runn^Aing down the^Dm hill

[Verse 4] N.C. Dm She set them a table of bread and wine

That ^Fthey might drink and ^Dmeat; She spread them a bed of winding sheet That^Gm they m^Aight sleep so^Dm sweet

[Verse 5] N.C. Dm "Take it off, take it off," cried the eldest one;

"Take it ^Foff, take it off," cried^Dm she "For I shan't stay here, in this wicked world When ^Gmthere's a bet^Ater one fo^Dmr me."

[Verse 6] N.C. Dm "Cold clods, cold clods, inside my bed

Cold^F clods, down at my^Dm feet The tears my dear mother shed for me Wo^Gmuld w^Aet my wind^Dming sheet."

[Outro] "The tears my dear mother shed for me

Wo^Gmuld w^Aet my wind^Dming sheet. Wo^Gmuld w^Aet my wind^Dming sheet."

Joanna Newsom - Three little babes