Key: A
Introduction:
Am C G Em
Alas, my love, you do me wrong
Am E
To cast me off discourteously
Am C G Em
For I have loved you for so long
Am E Am G
Delighting in your company
Refrain
Em Am
Greensleeves was all my joy
E G
Greensleeves was my delight
Em
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
Am E Am
And who but my lady greensleeves.
Am C G Em
Your vows you've broken, like my heart
Am E
Oh, why did you so enrapture me
Am C G Em
Now I remain in a world apart
Am E Am G
But my heart remains in captivity.
Em Am
Greensleeves was all my joy
E G
Greensleeves was my delight
Em
Greensleeves was my heart of gold
Am E Am
And who but my lady greensleeves
Am C G Em
I have been ready at your hand
Am E
To grant whatever you would crave
Am C G Em
I have both wagered life and land
Am E Am G
Your love and good-will for to have
Em Am
Greensleeves was all my joy
E G
Greensleeves was my delight
Em
Greensleeves was my heart of gold
Am E Am
And who but my lady greensleeves
Am C G Em
If you intend thus to disdain
Am E
It does the more enrapture me
Am C G Em
And even so, I still remain
Am E Am G
A lover in captivity
Em Am
Greensleeves was all my joy
E G
Greensleeves was my delight
Em
Greensleeves was my heart of gold
Am E Am
And who but my lady greensleeves
Am C G Em
My men were clothed all in green
Am E
And they did ever wait on thee
Am C G Em
All this was gallant to be seen
Am E Am G
And yet thou wouldst not love me
Em Am
Greensleeves was all my joy
E G
Greensleeves was my delight
Em
Greensleeves was my heart of gold
Am E Am
And who but my lady greensleeves
Am C GEm
Thou couldst desire no earthly thing
Am E
but still thou hadst it readily
Am C G Em
Thy music still to play and sing
Am E Am G
And yet thou wouldst not love me
Em Am
Greensleeves was all my joy
E G
Greensleeves was my delight
Em
Greensleeves was my heart of gold
Am E Am
And who but my lady greensleeves.
Am C G Em
Well, I will pray to God on high
Am E
that thou my constancy mayst see
Am C G Em
And that yet once before I die
Am E Am G
Thou wilt vouch safe to love me
Em Am
Greensleeves was all my joy
E G
Greensleeves was my delight
Em
Greensleeves was my heart of gold
Am E Am
And who but my lady greensleeves
Am C GEm
Ah, Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu
Am E
To God I pray to prosper thee
Am C G Em
For I am still thy lover true
Am E Am G
Come once again and love me
Em Am
Greensleeves was all my joy
E G
Greensleeves was my delight
Em
Greensleeves was my heart of gold
Am E Am
And who but my lady greensleeves
Am C G Em
My men were clothed all in green
Am E
And they did ever wait on thee
Am C G Em
All this was gallant to be seen
Am E Am G
And yet thou wouldst not love me