Fairport Convention - Come All Ye

      
 
 ...COME ALL YE ROLLING MINSTRELS... by Fairport Convention

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 *from 'Liege & Lief' (1969)*
 
 Intro:
 
 D 
  
 Verse 1:
 
      D      
 Come all ye,
         A         D 
 Rolling minstrels,
        A      
 And to-gether,
 G        D   
  We will try.
 
    D                
 To rouse the spirit,
 A       D     
  Of the earth,
     A        G       D   
 And move the rolling sky.
 
 Verse 2:
 
 D                 
  Those that dance,
      A        D     
 Will start to dance,
     A         
 And those who,
 G           D    
  Don't will stay.
 
    D            
 In time to list,
 A          D    
  Our merry tune,
         A        G      D   
 That we play for you to-day.
 
 Chorus 1:
 
         Am  
 So come all,
 Ye rolling minstrels,
                      D   
 And together we will try.
 
    D                
 To rouse the spirit,
 A       D     
  Of the earth,
     A        G       D   
 And move the rolling sky.
 
 Interlude:
 
 D 
  
 Verse 3:
 
     D       
 Our fiddler,
         A        D    
 He just loves to play,
            A   
 And that's why,
    G        D    
 He plays so good.
 
     D            
 And now he plays,
   A   D   
 A vio-lin,
      A      G     D    
 Made out of solid wood.
 
 Chorus 2:
 
         Am  
 So come all,
 Ye rolling minstrels,
                      D   
 And together we will try.
 
    D                
 To rouse the spirit,
 A       D     
  Of the earth,
     A        G       D   
 And move the rolling sky.
 
 Interlude:
 
 D 
  
 Verse 4:
 
     D         
 Pos-sessor of,
     A     D     
 The magic touch,
     A     G      D  
 And no ma-gician he.
 
      D            
 Will play for you,
      A     D     
 Some magic notes,
    A         G        D   
 In-stead, as you will see.
 
 Chorus 3:
 
         Am  
 So come all,
 Ye rolling minstrels,
                      D   
 And together we will try.
 
    D                
 To rouse the spirit,
 A       D     
  Of the earth,
     A        G       D   
 And move the rolling sky.
 
 Interlude:
 
 D 
  
 Verse 5:
 
 D                 
  Sound of beating,
 A       D    
  On the drum,
 A        G    
  Song be-hind,
        D    
 You'll hear.
 
     D             
 And to the rhythm,
 A       D  
  Of gui-tar
    A           
 We hope you'll,
 G        D   
  Lend an ear.
 
 Chorus 4:
 
         Am  
 So come all,
 Ye rolling minstrels,
                      D   
 And together we will try.
 
    D                
 To rouse the spirit,
 A       D     
  Of the earth,
     A        G       D   
 And move the rolling sky.
 
 Interlude:
 
 D 
  
 Verse 6:
 
           D             
 Well, the man who plays,
     A         D    
 The bass does make,
       A         
 Those low notes,
 G         D    
  That you hear.
 
         D          
 And the high notes,
           A       D  
 Come from you and me,
     A       G       D     
 For we will sing so clear.
 
 Chorus 5:
 
         Am  
 So come all,
 Ye rolling minstrels,
                      D   
 And together we will try.
 
    D                
 To rouse the spirit,
 A       D     
  Of the earth,
     A        G       D   
 And move the rolling sky.
 
 Outro:
 
 D 
  
 
 CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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 D A G Am 
     
 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 
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 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)