Thornaby Woods Chords
Thornaby Woods by Steeleye Span is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Dm, Em, F, G, Bb and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
Verse
C Dm
In Thornaby Woods in Nottinghamshire
Em F C
Thornaby Woods in Nottinghamshire
Dm
Three game-keepers' houses stood three-square
Em F C
About a mile from each other they were
Dm Em F
Their orders they were to look out for the deer
C G C
Long, long the day
Verse
C Dm
Me and the dogs went out one night
Em F C
The moon and stars were shining bright
Dm Em
O'er hedges, ditches, fields and stiles
F C
With my three dogs running close by me heels
Dm Em F
To catch a fat buck down in Thornaby fields
C G C
Long, long the day
Verse
C Dm
That very first night, I had bad luck
Em F C
For one of me very best dogs got shot
Dm Em
He came to me all bloody and lame
F C
Right sorry was I for to see the same
Dm Em F
And not being able to follow the game
C G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
Dm Em
In Thornaby Woods
F C
In Thornaby Woods
Dm Em
In Thornaby Woods
F
In Thornaby Woods
Instrumental
C Bb G C Bb A
C Bb G C Bb A
Verse
C Dm
I looked at his wounds and found them slight
Em F C
'Twas done by some keeper out of spite
Dm Em
I'll take a right stick all in me hand
F C
And I'll search the woods till I find that man
Dm Em F
I'll tan his old hide, right well, if I can
C G C
Long, long the day
Verse
C Dm
Then I went home and went to bed
Em F C
And Limping Jack went out in me stead
Dm Em
He searched the woods around at length
F C
'Til he found a buck rough lying dead the ground
Dm Em F
'Twas my little dog that gave him his death wound
C G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
Dm Em
In Thornaby Woods
F C
In Thornaby Woods
Dm Em
In Thornaby Woods
F
In Thornaby Woods
Instrumental
C Bb G C Bb A
C Bb G C Bb A
Verse
C Dm
He got a butcher to skin the game
Em F C
And likewise another to sell the same
Dm Em
The very first joint that he offered for sale
F C
It was to an old woman who sold bad ale
Dm Em F
She had us all up in Nottingham gaol
C G C
Long, long the day
Verse
C Dm
The Nottingham assizes are over and past
Em F C
And we three chaps got free at last
Dm Em
The bucks and does shall never roam free
F C
For a poacher's life is the life for me
Dm Em F
A poacher I will always be
C G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
G C
Long, long the day
Dm Em
In Thornaby Woods
F C
In Thornaby Woods
Dm Em
In Thornaby Woods
F
In Thornaby Woods
Outro
C Bb G C Bb A
C Bb G C Bb A
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F