Capo: 2 Tuning: E A D G B E

Linda Thompson - Blue And Gold CAPO: 2nd Fret [Intro] G Am7 D G Am7 D G [Verse 1] Tell me, Mother, who will I marry?

^Am7Tell me ^Das we ^Gstitch While my father loves to tarry ^Am7Under a ^Ddrunke^Gn ditch

[Verse 2] Her mother said you are a princess

And ^Am7you will ^Dseek your ^Gkind He will sweep you off your feet And you’ll ^Am7live in a ^Dpalace so ^Gfine ^Am7 ^D ^G

[Verse 3] She met a boy and he seemed so right

With his ^Am7stripes and his ^Dblue cock^Gade And they lay down on a pallet of straw It ^Am7seemed like a ^Dgrand es^Gtate

[Verse 4] She married the man to whom she was promised

With ^Am7heavy ^Dheart she ^Gwent With servants to carry and servants to fetch And ^Am7no one to ^Dhelp her for^Gget

[Chorus]

Through the ^Clong lonely ^Gnights I call your ^Am7name ^CSleeping and waking to ^Gme are just the ^Am7same ^CEverything I ^Ghave ^CI would gladly ^Ggive For ^Amthee, for ^Dthee

[Instrumental] G C D G C D G C D G C D G [Chorus]

Through the ^Clong lonely ^Gnights I call your ^Am7name ^CSleeping and waking to ^Gme are just the ^Am7same ^CEverything I ^Ghave ^CI would gladly ^Ggive For ^Amthee, for ^Dthee

[Verse 5]

^GBlue and gold, young and old ^Am7Beauti^Dful or ^Gplain

The fortunes of war are a broken heart

^Am7On a ^Dgolden ^Gchain

[Verse 6] Pity the woman who marries for love

Her ^Am7heart will ^Dnever be ^Gfree And pity the woman who marries for land For ^Am7she’ll un^Dhappy ^Gbe

[Chorus]

Through the ^Clong lonely ^Gnights I call your ^Am7name ^CSleeping and waking to ^Gme are just the ^Am7same ^CEverything I ^Ghave ^CI would gladly ^Ggive For ^Amthee, for ^Dthee

[Outro]

Ah, ^Gdai, dai dai, dai dai, dai dai, dai ^Am7dai, dai ^Ddai, dai ^Gdai

Linda Thompson - Blue and gold