Steeleye Span - Marrowbones
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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
B F# B E
B F# B E B E B
[Verse]
There was a woman in our town and in F#our town did dwell
She Bloved her old man dearly, but another man twice as Ewell
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
BFol-la-da-F#la-dil-Blay
[Verse]
She went down to the doctor to F#see if she could find
BAnything in the whole world to make her old man Eblind
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
BFol-la-da-F#la-dil-Blay
[Verse]
“Oh take him sixteen marrowbones and F#make him eat them all
And Bwhen he's finished he'll be so blind, he won't see you at Eall”
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
BFol-la-da-F#la-dil-Blay
[Verse]
So the doctor he wrote a letter and he F#sealed it with his hand
And he Bsent it up to the old man, to make him underEstand
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
BFol-la-da-F#la-dil-Blay
[Verse]
But the old man being a crafty bugger, he F#knew it all before
He Bate 'em up and he says, “My dear, oh, I can't see you at Eall”
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
BFol-la-da-F#la-dil-Blay
[Instrumental]
B F# B E
B F# B E B E B
[Verse]
Says he, “I'll go to the river and F#there myself I'll drown”
Says Bshe, “I'll walk along with you, to see that you don't fall Edown”
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
BFol-la-da-F#la-dil-Blay
[Verse]
They walked along together till they F#come to the river's brim
So Bgently there she's kissed him and she crept away beEhind
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
BFol-la-da-F#la-dil-Blay
[Verse]
She ran and she ran behind him, to F#try to push him in
But the Bold man heard and he jumped aside and she went tumbling Ein
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
BFol-la-da-F#la-dil-Blay
[Instrumental]
B F# B E
B F# B E B E B
[Verse]
So loudly she did holler and F#loud for mercy call
But the Bold man says, “I am so blind, I can't see you at Eall”
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
BFol-la-da-F#la-dil-Blay
[Verse]
She swam and she swam and she swam around, till she F#come to the further brim
But the Bold man got the barge pole and he pushed her further Ein
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
BFol-la-da-F#la-dil-Blay
[Verse]
“Oh it may take sixteen marrowbones to F#make your old man blind
But Bif you want to murder him, you must creep up close beEhind”
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
BFol-la-da-F#la-dil-Blay
[Outro]
B F# B E
B F# B E B E B