CHORDS: Nic Jones – Lakes Of Shillin Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are the chords for Lakes Of Shillin by Nic Jones on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

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[Verse 1]
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Well it's early one morning
Billy Henry arose
D
And straight to his comrade's
               A7sus4
bed-chamber he goes
        Bm
Saying "Rise loving comrade
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let nobody know
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To the dark and chilly
          A7sus4        D
waters a-bathing we'll go"

[Verse 2]
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Billy instantly stripped and
then he went in
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And he swam the dark waters
              A7sus4
all round and around
        Bm
Saying "Oh my loving
         D             Bm
comrade oh don't you go in
D
For I see there is a coffin
        A7sus4      D
in the Lakes of Shillin"

[Verse 3]
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But the other one he stripped
and then he went in
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And he swam the dark waters
              A7sus4
all round and around
        Bm
Saying "Oh my loving Billy
 D          Bm
why did you go in
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To the dark and chilly waters
        A7sus4     D
in the Lakes of Shillin"

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[Verse 4]
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Now there was an old woman
who lived there close by
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She went to Billy's parents
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and she made this reply
        Bm
"Well your son he went a-bathing
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as I've heard him say
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And now your Billy Henry
        A7sus4        D
he's as cold as the clay"

[Verse 5]
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And so down came his mother
like one in despair
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She's a-wringing of her hands
                    A7sus4
and a-tearing of her hair
        Bm
Saying "Oh my loving Billy
    D    Bm
why did you go in
D
To the dark and chilly waters
        A7sus4     D
in the Lakes of Shillin?"

[Verse 6]
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And so down came his father
like one in despair
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He's a-wringing of his hands and
               A7sus4
a-tearing of his hair
        Bm
Saying "I brought up
          D          Bm
a family of fine-bodied men
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And the best of them's drowned
       A7sus4        D
in the Lakes of Shillin"

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[Verse 7]
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So it's down came his sweetheart
like one in despair
D
She's a-wringing of her hands
                  A7sus4
and a-tearing of her hair
             Bm
Saying "It's six months and
         D         Bm
better till my wedding day
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And now me Billy Henry
        A7sus4        D
he's as cold as the clay

[Verse 8]
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So we'll go round to Martin's
to Martin's by the shore
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And we'll hire us a small
                   A7sus4
boat as we've done before
           Bm
And we'll search the dark waters
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all around and all round
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Till we see that Billy Henry's
     A7sus4     D
fair body is found"

[Verse 9]
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So they went around to Martin's
to Martin's by the shore
D
And they hired them a small
                    A7sus4
boat as they'd done before
          Bm
And they searched the dark
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waters all around and all round
D
Till they saw that Billy
            A7sus4      D
Henry's fair body was found

[Verse 10]
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And for to see Billy's funeral
was such a fine sight
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There was six handsome young
                  A7sus4
men all dressed up in white
          Bm
There was six pretty maidens
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all dressed up in green
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Just to show that he'd been
               A7sus4        D
drowned in the Lakes of Shillin