I Once Loved A Lass Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Em][G][Em][G]
[Em]

[Verse 1]
[G]I once
loved a lass and I loved her so [C]well
[G]I hated all others w[C]ho spoke of her ill
But [G]now she's rewarded
me well for my [C]love
She's [G]gone to be [D]wed to an[Em]other

[Verse 2]
I [G]watched as my love did to the church [C]go
With [G]bride and bride- maidens
she [C]made a fine show
And I fol[G]lowed her on with
a heart full of [C]woe[G]
To see my love be [D]wed to an[Em]other
To [G]see my love be [D]wed to an[Em]other[C]

[Verse 3]
I [G]watched as my love did sit down to [C]dine
I [G]sat down beside her and [C]I poured
[Em]out the [C]wine
[G]And I drank to the wee lass
that should have been [C]mine
But [G]now she is [F#m]wed to anot[Em]her

[Verse 4]
"Well, [G]stop," says the groomsman,
"If you take my [C]word
Would you [G]venture your life
on [C]the point of a sword?
For [G]courting too slowly you
have lost this fair [C]maiden
Be[G]gone, you will never en[Em]joy her
Be[G]gone, you will [D]never en[Em]joy her"

[Interlude 1]
[C][G][D][F#m][Em][G][D][F#m]
[Em][D][G][D][Dsus4][D][G]
[D][F#m][Em][C][Em][G][D][Em]

[Verse 5]
Now the [G]lads of the forest,
they ask it of [C]me[G]
"How many strawberries grow
'round the salt [C]sea?"
[G]And I an[C]swer them [G]back
with a tear in my [C]eye
"How [G]many ships [D]sail in the forest?"
[Em]

[Verse 6]
Go [G]dig me a grave all large,
wide and [C]deep[G]
And cover it over with wild flowers [C]sweet
And [G]lay me down gently for
to take my long [C]sleep
[G]An d that's the best
[D]way to for[Em]get her

[Verse 7]
So we [G]dug him a [Em]grave all [B]large,
[G]wide and [C]deep
And [G]covered it [Em]over with
[Bm]wild [G]flowers swe[C]et
And we laid him [G]down [Em]gently
for [G]to take his long [C]sleep
And [G]maybe by [D]now he's for[Em]gotten
And [G]maybe by [D]now he's forgot[Em]ten
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