Locks & Bolts Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
When I was a kid, [D]a l[F#m]ong time ago,
I heard a [D]song that I love dearly.
It's [A]called My True [D]Love,
Golden Hair,
or even Locks and Bolts.
The principle,
I guess, is like that of the fellow
who went to the woman [F#m]down in the southern
[D]mountains
and said, Mother, I want to marry
Bessie Hatchel
from down [F#m]the way.
And the mother says, [D]You do?
Is she a virgin, son?"
And he said, Yes,
mother, she is.
And she says, Well, we can't marry then,
because if she ain't good
enough for her folks,
she ain't good enough for ours. [A]Well...[D]
And [G]so on this song, for some reason,
in the old [D]ballad, the young man was not supposed to marry the young girl,
but he married her. [A]Oh,
[D]let me tell you of my love,
[A]she is a lovely swe[D]et one,
she is the darling of my [F#m]life,
[G]has made it a complete [A]one.
Me [D]and my love lay [A]down to [F#m]rest
All [G]on a summer's day
[A]When I a[D]woke, I was alon[F#m]e
My [Eb]love [D]was stolen away
[A]I f[D]ollowed to her father's house,
[A]fol[D]lowed for my dear.
The servant said, on every [F#m]hand,
[G]Oh no, she is [A]not here.
[D]And then I heard her [F#m]own soft voice
come [G]from the highest win[A]dow.
[D]Oh, love, dear love,
I would come [F#m]down,
[G]but a lock and bolts [Em]do hi[A]nder.
[D]My anger flew, my [A]sword I [D]drew,
into [A]that [D]house I'd enter.
Her father and three armoured men
[F#m]Gainst [G]me that door did hinder
[A]With [D]angry cry I rai[F#m]sed my sword
And [G]at them I did [D]batter
An[A]d s[D]o with fear they all fell back
[F#m]And th[Em]rough that house di[D]d scatter
I took my love into my [F#m]arms,
[G]to my breast I hold [D]her.
[A]Her lov[D]ely hair, like golden strings,
[F#m]come t[D]wisti[Eb]ng down my sho[F#m]ulder.[A]
[D]And all you men who love a girl
and someone soon would
hinder must [D]do as I,
for my true love,
[G]though locks and bolts should [D]bar you.
Thank you. Thanks. Thank you. Thank you.