Anais Mitchell - Tam Lin Chords

Am
Janet sits in her lonely room
 C
Sewing a silken seam 
G
And looking out on Carterhaugh
F         Em    A
Among the roses green

Am
And Janet sits in her lonely bower
C
Sewing a silken thread
G
And longed to be in Carterhaugh
F         Em     A
Among the roses red


Am
She’s let the seam fall at her heel
C
The needle to her toe
G
And she has gone to Carterhaugh
F          Em      A
As fast as she can go


Am
She hadn’t pulled a rose, a rose
C
A rose, but only one
G
When then appeared him, young Tamlin
F            Em   A
Says, “Lady, let alone”


Am
“What makes you pull the rose, the rose?
C
What makes you break the tree?
G
What makes you come to Carterhaugh
F            Em      A
Without the leave of me?”


Am
“But Carterhaugh is not your own
C
Roses there are many
G
I’ll come and go all as I please
F            Em      A
And not ask leave of any”


Am
And he has took her by the hand
C
Took her by the sleeve
G
And he has laid this lady down
F         Em     A
Among the roses green


Am
And he has took her by the arm
C
Took her by the hem
G
And he has laid this lady down
F         Em    A
Among the roses red


Am
There’s four and twenty ladies fair
C
Sewing at the silk
G
And Janet goes among them all
F           Em      A
Her face as pale as milk

Am
And four and twenty gentlemen
C
Playing at the chess
G
And Janet goes among them all
F           Em   A
As green as any glass


Am
Then up and spoke her father
C
He’s spoken meek and mild
G
“Oh, alas, my daughter
F          Em       A
I fear you go with child”


Am
“And is it to a man of might
C
Or to a man of means
G
Or who among my gentlemen
F              Em       A
Shall give the babe his name?”


Am
“Oh, father, if I go with child
C
This much to you I’ll tell
G
There’s none among your gentlemen
F             Em      A
That I would treat so well”

Am
“And, father, if I go with child
C
I must bear the blame
G
There’s none among your gentlemen
F               Em      A
Shall give the babe his name”


Am
She’s let the seam fall at her hell
C
The needle to her toe
G
And she has gone to Carterhaugh
F              Em    A
As fast as she could go

Am
And she is down among the weeds
C
Down among the thorn
G
When then appeared Tamlin again
F            Em      A
Says, “Lady, pull no more”


Am
“What makes you pull the poison rose?
C
What makes you break the tree? 
G
What makes you harm the little babe
F            Em       A
That I have got with thee?”


Am
“Oh I will pull the rose, Tamlin
C
I will break the tree
G
But I’ll not bear the little babe
F             Em       A
That you have got with me”


Am
“If he were to a gentleman
C
And not a wild shade
G
I’d rock him all the winter’s night
F           Em       A
And all the summer’s day”


An
“Then take me back into your arms
C
If you my love would win 
G
And hold me tight and fear me not
F      Em   A
*I’ll be a gentleman”


Am
“But first I’ll change all in your arms
C
Into a wild wolf
G
But hold me tight and fear me not
F              Em   A
I am your own true love”


Am
“And then I’ll change all in your arms
C
Into a wild bear
G
But hold me tight and fear me not
F          Em      A
I am your husband dear”


Am 
“And then I’ll change all in your arms
C
Into a lion bold
G
But hold me tight and fear me not
F             Em       A
And you will love your child”


Am
At first he changed all in her arms
C
Into a wild wolf
G
She held him tight and feared him not
F              Em    A
He was her own true love


Am
And then he changed all in her arms
C
Into a wild bear
G
She held him tight and feared him not
F           Em      A
He was her husband dear


Am
And then he changed all in her arms
C
Into a lion bold
G
She held him tight and feared him not
F             Em   A
The father of her child


Am
And then he changed all in her arms
C
Into a naked man
G
She’s wrapped him in her coat so warm
F                   Em  A
And she has brought him home