June Tabor – Lord Maxwells Last Goodnight chords

[Intro]
Am Dm Am Em Am

[Verse 1]
 Am                      Dm         Am       Em"Good, my lord, will you stay then about my father's house
     Am               Dm     D           Am        D         AmAnd walking to these gardens green in my arms I'll thee embrace
      C                  D        Am                    D         GTen thousand times I'll kiss your mouth, make sport and let's be merry"
     Am                 Dm       D          Am        D             Am"I thank you lady, for your kindness. Trust me, I may not stay with thee

Am Dm Am Em Am

[Verse 2]
    Am                Dm                Am       EmFor I have killed the laird Johnston, I care not for the feud
   Am              Dm       D        Am      D         AmMy loyal heart did still incline, he was my father's death.
   C               D      Am                    GBy day and night I did pursue and all on him revenged to be
    Am                 Dm     D             Am        D             AmNow I have gotten what I long sought, trust me, I may not stay with thee

Am Dm Am Em Am

[Verse 3]
Am                  Dm    D        Am             EmAdieu Dumfries, my proper place, adieu, adieu Caerlaverock fair
  Am            Dm     D          Am          D    AmAdieu my castle of the Threem and all my buildings there
  C                D       Am            D                   GAdieu Lochmaben's gates so fair and the Legumshank where the birch
                                                          pops bonny
 Am                  Dm   D          Am        D             AmAdieu my lady and my only joy, trust me, I may not stay with thee"

Am Dm Am Em Am

[Verse 4]
    Am             Dm        D         Am      EmNow he has taken a good gold ring whereat hang signets three
      Am                Dm       D        Am      D       AmSays "Take you this, my own dear love and ay have mind of me
    C            D     Am              GBut if you wed another lord while I am on the sea
     Am           Dm          D             Am    D             AmHis life is but a three day's lease, though I may not stay with thee"

Am Dm Am Em Am

[Verse 5]
    Am                 Dm        D         Am        EmThe wind was fair, the ship was clear, the good Lord went away
    Am               Dm           D        Am       D        AmThe most part of his friends were there to give him fair convoy
      C                D         Am                       GThey ate the meat they drank the wine presenting in that good Lord's sight
    Am             Dm        D          Am                  E        AmNow he is over the floods so grey, Lord Maxwell's taken his last goodnight.