Cifras
The Cruel Sister

Tom: E

Introdução:

Em    G    A    B7  
Em    G    A    B7    Em  
Verse
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There lived a lady by the North Sea shore
                     Em  
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
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Twa daughters were the bairns she bore
C                                                                    Em  
Fa la la la la la la la la la
Verse
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One was as bright as is the sun
                     Em  
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
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Sae coal black grew the elder one
C                                                                    Em  
Fa la la la la la la la la la
Verse
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A knight came riding to the ladies' door
                     Em  
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
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He travelled far to be their wooer
C                                                                    Em  
Fa la la la la la la la la la
Verse
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He courted one, aye, with gloves and rings
                     Em  
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
                                                                                        D  
But he loved the other above all things
C                                                                    Em  
Fa la la la la la la la la la
Instrumental
Em    G    A    B7    Em  
Verse
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"Sister, sister won't you walk with me
                     Em  
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
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An' see the ships sail upon sea?"
C                                                                    Em  
Fa la la la la la la la la la
Verse
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And as they stood on that windy shore
                     Em  
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
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The elder sister pushed her younger o'er
C                                                                    Em  
Fa la la la la la la la la la
Verse
                                                                                                D  
Sometimes she sank or sometimes she swam
                     Em  
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
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Crying, "Sister, reach to me your hand"
C                                                                    Em  
Fa la la la la la la la la la
Verse
                                                                                          D  
And there she floated just like a swan
                     Em  
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
                                                                                D  
The salt sea carried her body on
C                                                                    Em  
Fa la la la la la la la la la
Instrumental
Em    G    A    B7  
Em    G    A    B7    Em  
Verse
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Two minstrels walking by the north sea strand
                     Em  
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
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They saw the maiden, aye, float to land
C                                                                    Em  
Fa la la la la la la la la la
Verse
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They made a harp out of her breast bone
                     Em  
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
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The sound of which would melt a heart of stone
C                                                                    Em  
Fa la la la la la la la la la
Verse
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They took three locks of her yellow hair
                     Em  
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
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And wi' them strung that harp so rare
C                                                                    Em  
Fa la la la la la la la la la
Instrumental
Em    G    A    B7  
Em    G    A    B7    Em  
Verse
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The first string that those minstrels tried
                     Em  
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
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Then terror seized the black-haired bride
C                                                                    Em  
Fa la la la la la la la la la
Verse
                                                                                             D  
The second string played a doleful sound
                     Em  
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
                                                                                     D  
"The younger sister, oh, she is drowned"
C                                                                    Em  
Fa la la la la la la la la la
Verse
                                                                                                                D  
The third string, it played beneath their bow
                     Em  
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
                                                                                  D  
"And surely now her tears will flow"
C                                                                    Em  
Fa la la la la la la la la la