Solas – Bonnie Mae chords

[Intro]
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[Verse]
             Dm7           CBonnie Mae a-shepherding's gone
   Dm7      C            GTo call the sheep to the fold
    C                                     Dm7And aye, as she sang, her bonny voice, it rang
      G                           CRight over the tops of the downs, downs
                     G      COver the tops of the downs

[Verse]
                      Dm7   CThere came a troop of gentlemen
   Dm7       C      GAs they were riding by
    C                       Dm7And one of them has lighted down
         G                         CAnd he's asked of her the way, the way
                      GHe's asked of her the way

[Verse]
      C                Dm7    C"Ride on, ride on, you rank riders
     Dm7        C         GYour steeds are stout and strong
         C                          Dm7For it's out of the fold I will not go
    G                        CFor fear you'll do me wrong, wrong
                  GFear you'll do me wrong"

[Verse]
         C         Dm7           CNow he's taken her by the middle jip
    Dm7    C          GAnd by the green gown sleeve
    C                          Dm7And there he's had his will of her
         G                         CAnd he's asked of her no leave, no leave
                     GHe's asked of her no leave

[Verse]
     C                    Dm7         C"Oh, I've ridden east and I've ridden west
    Dm7         C        GAnd I've ridden o'er the downs
        C                         Dm7But the bonniest lass that ever I saw
   GIs calling her sheep to the fold"

[Verse]
        C                   Dm7    CShe has taken the milk pail on her head
    Dm7        C         GAnd she's gone lingering home
            C              Dm7And all her father said to her
      G                               CWas, "Daughter, you've done me wrong, wrong
                         GDaughter, you've done me wrong"

[Verse]
    C                 Dm7      CNow twenty weeks were gone and past
Dm7    C         GTwenty weeks and three
        C                           Dm7And the lassie began to fret and to frown
       G                                  CAnd to long for his twinkling eye, bright eye
                       GLong for his twinkling eye

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[Verse]
       C                    Dm7            CNow it fell on a day, and a bonny summer's day
    Dm7        C    GFor she walked out alone
     C                       Dm7That selfsame troop of gentlemen
       G                      CCame a-riding o'er the downs, downs
                G      CRiding o'er the downs

[Verse]
                       Dm7          C"Who got the babe with thee, Bonnie Mae?
    Dm7     C           GWho got the babe in thy arms?"
              C                    Dm7For shame she blushed and aye, she said
        G"I've a good man of my own"

[Verse]
     C                 Dm7          C"You lie, you lie, you bonny, bonny Mae
   Dm7    C        GSo loud I hear you lie
  C                       Dm7Remember the misty, murky night
  G                               CI lay in the fold with thee, with thee
                       GI lay in the fold with thee

[Verse]
         C               Dm7         CNow he's lighted off his berry-brown steed
     Dm7     C        GHe's set the fair Mae on
    C                                    Dm7"Go call out your fold, good father, yourself
       G                       CShe'll ne'er call them again, again
                        GShe'll ne'er call them again"

[Verse]
    C                Dm7  CFor he's the Lord of Achentrioch
     Dm7   C          GWith fifty plough and three
         C                       Dm7And he's taken away the bonniest lass
   G                          CIn all the south country, country
                     GIn all the south country