Wild Mountain Thyme Chords

KeyD Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays677

Wild Mountain Thyme by James Taylor is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D/F#, G, Em7, A7sus4, D, D2, G6, Bm9, F#m7, Bm7, A, C and Em9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
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D/F#                    G  
Oh, the summer time is coming, 
         Em7       A7sus4   D    D2  D 
And the trees are sweetly blooming, 
        G6     A7sus4  Bm9 
And the wild mountain thyme 
        G6        D/F#   Em7 
Grows around the purple heather. 
        F#m7   G6   A7sus4    D    D2  D 
Will you go, lassie, will you go? 


D/F#      G  A7sus4 D     D2 D 
And we'll all go together 
         G6  A7sus4    Bm9 
To pick wild mountain thyme 
     Em7       F#m7     G6 
All around the purple heather, 
        F#m7   G6   A7sus4   D    D2  D 
Will you go lassie, will you go? 

D/F#                    G  
I will build my love a bower 
         Em7       A7sus4   D    D2  D 
By yon pure and crystal fountain, 
        G6            Bm7 
Yes and on it I will lay 
        G6        D/F#   Em7 
All the flowers of the mountain. 
        F#m7   G6   A7sus4    D    D2  D 
Will you go lassie, will you go? 

D/F#      G  A7sus4 D     D2 D 
And we'll all go together 
         G6  A7sus4    Bm9 
To pick wild mountain thyme 
     Em7       F#m7     G6 
All around the purple heather, 
        F#m7   G6   A7sus4    D    D2  D 
Will you go lassie, will you go? 


G A Bm9 Em7  C  G6  A7sus4 
Interlude 


      D/F#                  G  
If my true love won't come with me, 
         Em7   A7sus4   D    D2  D 
I will surely find another 
        G6            Bm7 
To pick wild mountain thyme 
        G6        D/F#   Em7 
All around the blooming heather 
         F#m7  G6   A7sus4    D    D2  D 
Will you go lassie, will you go? 


D/F#      G  A7sus4 D     D2 D 
And we'll all go together 
         G6  A7sus4    Bm9 
To pick wild mountain thyme 
     Em7       F#m7     G6 
All around the purple heather, 
        F#m7   Bm7      F#m7   Em9     G6   A7sus4    D    D2  D 
Will you go oh will you go           lassie, will you go? 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante