Scarborough Fair Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays575

Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, G, C, Bm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
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16
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Am              G           Am C   
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?   
         Am        C Bm       Em   
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.   
  Am     C                   G   
Remember me to one who lives there.   
Am       G     Em           Am   
She once was a true love of mine.   

Am                    G       Am C   
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt.   
         Am        C Bm       Em   
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.   
    Am     C                G   
Without no seams nor needle work,   
Am          G    Em           Am   
Then she'll be a true love of mine.   
   
Am                     G       Am C   
Tell her to find me an acre of land.   
         Am        C Bm       Em   
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.   
  Am             C                 G   
Between the salt water and the sea strands.   
Am          G    Em           Am   
Then she'll be a true love of mine.   
   
Am                        G         Am C   
Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather.   
         Am        C Bm       Em   
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.   
   
     Am        C                 G   
And gather it all in a bunch of heather.   
Am          G    Em           Am   
Then she'll be a true love of mine.   
   
(repeat "Are you going ...")  
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante