WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Great Big Sea - Yarmouth Town Chords | Ver. 2
Intro: G G G G G C G G G G G D G (Bo Diddley beat) X2
G Em
In Yarmouth town there lived a man
C C/B Am D
He had a little tavern by the strand
G Em C
And the landlord had a daughter fair
C G Am D
pretty little thing with golden hair
CHORUS:
G C
Won't you come down, won't you come down
G D G
Won't you come down to Yarmouth town
Repeat Intro
G Em
One night there came a sailor man
C Am D
he asked the daughter for her hand
G Em C
Well, I won't marry you she said
C G Am D
I have all I want without being wed
G Em
but if with me you'd like to linger
C Am D
I'll tie some string all around my finger
G Em C
As you walk by, pull on my string
C G Am D
and I'll come down and let you right in
CHORUS X2, Intro X1
G Em
Well, the very next day at closing time
C Am D
the sailor man goes off to the strand
G Em C
And as he walks by pulls on that string
C G Am D
She came down and let him right in
G Em C
Well, he's never seen such a sight before
C G Am D
the string around her finger was all she wore
BREAK: G Em C Am D G Em G Em C Am D
CHORUS X2, Intro X1
G Em
So all you men who to Yarmouth go
C Am D
If ya see those girls with their hair hung low
G Em C
all you gotta do is pull their strings
C G Am D
and they'll come down and let you right in
CHORUS X4, Intro X1
