Just As The Tide Chords
Just As The Tide by Steeleye Span is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G, Am and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
C F C G
C F C G
Verse
Am F G
One morning in the month of May
C F G C
Down by a flowing river..
Am F G
A jolly sailor chanced to stray
C F G C
When he beheld some lover..
Em
Her cheeks were red, her eyes were brown
Am F
Her hair in ringlets, hanging down
Am F G
She'd a lovely brow, without a frown
C F G C
Just as the tide was a-flowing
Instrumental
C F C G
C F C G
Verse
Am F G
No more did stay, but on their way
C F G C
They both did go together
Am F G
The small birds sang and the lambs did play
C F G C
And pleasant was the weather
Em
Then being weary, they both sat down
Am F
Beneath the trees with the branches 'round
Am F G
And what was said shall ne'er be known
C F G C
Just as the tide was a-flowing
Instrumental
C F C G
C F C G
Am F G C F G C
Am F G C F G C
Em Am F Am F G
C F G C
C F C G
C F C G
Verse
Am F G
Then on the grass this young girl did roll
C F G C
Her colour it kept changing
Am F G
This pretty maid called out, “Alas!
C F G C
Don’t let your mind be a-ranging”
Em
She gave him twenty pound in store
Am F
Saying, “Meet me when you will have more
Am F G
For a jolly sailor I adore
C F G C
Just as the tide was a-flowing
Instrumental
C F C G
C F C G
Verse
Am F G
They kissed, shook hands and then did part
C F G C
Jack Tar drank rum and brandy
Am F G
“And to keep my shipmates in good cheer
C F G C
That lady's gold came in handy
Em
And with some other young girl you’ll go
Am F
To the public bar where the brandy flow
Am F G
Give me the lad that will do so
C F G C F C G
Just as the tide was a-flowing
C F G C F C G
Just as the tide was a-flowing
C F G C
Just as the tide was a-flowing