Hal An Tow Chords

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Hal An Tow by Oysterband is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G7 and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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verse 1 

C                   
Take the scorn and wear the horns 
   F                   G7 
It was the crest when you were born 
C 
Your father's father wore it 
          G             F 
And your father wore it too 

verse 2 

C 
Robin Hood and Little John 
        F                G7 
They've both gone to the fair-o 
      C 
Well, we shall to the merry green wood 
    F                G 
To hunt the buck and hare-o 

C   G  C     G 
Hal-an-Tow, jolly rumbelow 
C   G   C   F              G7 
We were up long before the day-o 
        C  
Well, to welcome in the summertime 
   F              G7 
To welcome in the May-o 
          C 
Well, the summer is coming in 
    G7             F 
And winter's gone away 

verse 3 

     C  
What happened to the Spaniards 
     F               G7 
That made so great a boast-o? 
      C 
Well, they shall eat the feathered goose 
F                 G 
We shall eat the roast-o 

C   G  C     G 
Hal-an-Tow, jolly rumbelow 
C   G   C   F              G7 
We were up long before the day-o 
        C  
Well, to welcome in the summertime 
   F              G7 
To welcome in the May-o 
          C 
Well, the summer is coming in 
    G7             F 
And winter's gone away 

verse 4 

C 
God bless Aunt Mary Moses 
     F                 G7 
With all her power and might-o 
       C 
Well, send us peace in England 
     F                G 
Send peace by day and night-o 


C   G  C     G 
Hal-an-Tow, jolly rumbelow 
C   G   C   F              G7 
We were up long before the day-o 
        C  
Well, to welcome in the summertime 
   F              G7 
To welcome in the May-o 
          C 
Well, the summer is coming in 
    G7             F 
And winter's gone away 

C   G  C     G 
Hal-an-Tow, jolly rumbelow 
C   G   C   F              G7 
We were up long before the day-o 
        C  
Well, to welcome in the summertime 
   F              G7 
To welcome in the May-o 
          C 
Well, the summer is coming in 
    G7             F 
And winter's gone away 
    	

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante