June Tabor – Reynard The Fox chords

[Intro]
C   G   D G
C    F  G  C  G  C

[Verse]
                      F            GA good many gentlemen take great delight
   C            G           CIn hunting poor Reynard the Fox
                               F          GFor the very best food he does eat in the night
    C              G         CAnd lives upon fat geese and ducks

[Verse]
            F           GIn Ashendon Copse I did lie
                 D           GAnd I lived an extraordinary rate
  C                           F      GA-cracking the bones in young lambs' tails
    C            G          CThe farmers they all did me hate

[Verse]
                             F               GOh, for my lord's horses and hounds they did send
        C              G            CAnd the huntsmen, they swore I must die
                              F             GWhich made all the hair on me coat stand on end
           C          G             CAnd caused me from me young ones to fly

[Verse]
               F             GAll down Stony Lane they did run me
                 D         GAnd I gave 'em a very good race
       C                        F    GWhen I entered the woods, I did rest then
    C               G           CThe hounds they run forward and bays

[Verse]
                                     F              GAll through the wild woods they gave chase and gave game
        C           G         CAnd the gameskeeper saw me go by
                          F         GHe chased me out onto the wide-open plain
       C            G           CIt was then that he fired at me thigh

[Verse]
             F               GAll on stony fields they did kill me
                 D           GAnd bloodthirsty dogs did me follow
     C                       F  GThey tore me old coat all in pieces
      C               G           CWhich caused the glad huntsmen to hollow

[Instrumental]
C    F  G  C  G  C  x2
C  F  G    D  G
C    F  G  C  G  C

[Verse]
                              F                 GOh pardon, dear huntsmen, for I've spoiled your game
        C          G            CAnd the keeper has caused me to die
                               F         GBut I leave little brothers of mine to remain
          C           G           CThat love little else better than I

[Verse]
                  F          GAnd now that bold Reynard is dead
                D           GWe'll go to The Dolphin and dine
          C                      F  GNow we'll dip his fore-foot in a bumper
    C            G             And drink up his health in good wine

[Outro]
C    F  G  C  G  C  x2
C  F  G    D  G
C    F  G  C  G  C