Robin Hood Chords

  			
Intro 
Am  G  D  Em  Am  G  Am 
C   G  D  Em  Am  G  Am 

Verse 
                     G            D          Em 
Oh, there's many one sings of the grass, the grass 
    Am       G            Am 
And many one sings of the corn 
    C          G       D          Em 
But those that sing of good Robin Hood 
     Am           G      Am 
Know little where he was born 

Verse 
                G        D        Em       Am        G    Am 
Oh, William was large of limb and life and come 'pon he'd agreed 
    C      G       D       Em      Am          G        Am 
And he has gone to Earl Richard to serve for a meat and fee 

Verse 
             G       D        Em        Am      G      Am 
Earl Richard had one daughter dear, the fairest in the land 
    C       G      D          Em   Am      G       Am 
And William he has courted her, to ask her for her hand 

Instrumental 
Am  G  D  Em  Am  G  Am 

Verse 
             G      D          Em          Am            G       Am 
Oh, would my father should get word what's passed 'tween you and me 
  C         G         D      Em          Am       G    Am 
Before that he should eat or drink, he'd hang you to a tree 
                 G         D     Em      Am           G         Am 
When nine months they were at an end and eight months they were gone 
      C       G        D    Em     Am     G     Am 
Young William took his lady fair unto the wood alone 

Verse 
           G        D        Em       Am       G      Am 
For he was large of limb and life and held her in his arms 
      C       G     D          Em   Am       G         Am 
She's born to him a fine young son among the leaves so green 

Instrumental 
Am  G  D  Em  Am  G  Am 
C   G  D  Em  Am  G  Am 

Verse 
               G         D           Em    Am    G      Am 
When night was gone, the day did come, the sun began to peep 
C      G          D       Em       Am      G      Am 
Up and raised the Earl Richard out of your drowsy sleep 

Verse 
           G       D     Em     Am      G       Am 
He called upon his merry men by one, by two, by three 
    C        G          D        Em         Am        G       Am 
Oh, what has come of my daughter dear, that she's not come to me 

Verse 
                G          D          Em         Am         G      Am 
They sought her fore, they sought her back, they sought her up and down 
     C         G      D          Em    Am        G          Am 
They found her in the good green wood, nursing a fine young son 

Instrumental 
Am  G  D  Em  Am  G  Am 

Verse 
             G        D       Em   Am         G     Am 
Earl Richard took the baby boy and kissed him tenderly 
        C       G        D      Em         Am       G       Am 
"Though I would see your father hung, your mother's dear to me" 

Verse 
              G        D      Em        Am       G      Am 
He kissed him once and twice again, "My grandson I thee claim 
    C     G           D          Em        Am         G       Am 
And Robin Hood in the good green wood, and that shall be your name" 

Verse 
                     G            D          Em 
Oh, there's many one sings of the grass, the grass 
    Am       G            Am 
And many one sings of the corn 
    C          G       D          Em 
But those that sing of good Robin Hood 
     Am           G      Am 
Know little where he was born