Greensleeves

Greensleeves
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2. Your vows you've broken, like my heart,
Oh, why did you so enrapture me?
Now I remain in a world apart
But my heart remains in captivity.
 
3. I have been ready at your hand,
To grant whatever you would crave,
I have both wagered life and land,
Your love and good-will for to have.
 
4. If you intend thus to disdain,
It does the more enrapture me,
And even so, I still remain
A lover in captivity.
 
5. My men were clothed all in green,
And they did ever wait on thee;
All this was gallant to be seen,
And yet thou wouldst not love me.
 
6. Thou couldst desire no earthly thing,
but still thou hadst it readily.
Thy music still to play and sing;
And yet thou wouldst not love me.
 
7. Well, I will pray to God on high,
that thou my constancy mayst see,
And that yet once before I die,
Thou wilt vouchsafe to love me.
 
8. Ah, Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu,
To God I pray to prosper thee,
For I am still thy lover true,
Come once again and love me.

Version mit Akkorden

Strophe1

A- Am las, my C love, you G do me Em wrong,

To Am cast me off dis- E courteously.

For Am I have C loved you G well and Em long,

De- Am lighting E in your Am company.

Chorus

C Greensleeves was G all my Em joy

Am Greensleeves was E my delight,

C Greensleeves was my G heart of Em gold,

And Am who but my E lady Am, greensleeves.

2.

A- Am las, my C love, that G you should Em own

A Am heart of wanton E vanity,

So Am must I C medi- G tate a- Em lone

Up- Am on your E insin- Am cerity.

3.

Your Am vows you've C broken, G like my Em heart,

Oh, Am why did you so en- E rapture me?

Now Am I re- C main in a G world a- Em part

But Am my heart re- E mains in cap- Am tivity.

4.

If Am you in- C tend thus G to dis- Em dain,

It Am does the more en- E rapture me,

And Am even C so, I G still re- Em main

A Am lover E in cap- Am tivity.

5.

I've Am been C ready G at your Em hand,

To Am grant whatever E you would crave;,

I Am have both C wagered G life and Em land,

Your Am love and E good-will Am for to have.

6.

Thou Am couldst de- C sire no G earthly Em thing,

But Am still thou hadst it E readily.

Thy Am music C still to G play and Em sing;

And Am yet thou E wouldst not Am love me.

7.

Am I bought thee C kerchiefs G for thy Em head,

That Am were wrought fine and E gallantly;

I Am kept thee C at both G board and Em bed,

Am Which cost my E purse well- Am favoredly.

8.

Am I bought thee C petticoats G of the Em best,

The Am cloth so fine as E it might be;

Am I gave thee C jewels G for thy Em chest,

And Am all this E cost I Am spent on thee.

9.

Thy Am smock of C silk, both G fair and Em white,

With Am gold embroidered E gorgeously;

Thy Am petti- C coat of G sendal Em right,

And Am these I E bought thee Am gladly.

10.

My Am men were C clothed G all in Em green,

And Am they did ever E wait on thee;

All Am this was C gallant G to be Em seen,

And Am yet thou E wouldst not Am love me.

11.

They Am set thee C up, they G took thee Em down,

They Am served thee with hu- E mility;

Thy Am foot might C not once G touch the Em ground,

And Am yet thou E wouldst not Am love me.

12.

'Tis Am I will C pray to G God on Em high,

That Am thou my constancy E mayst see,

And Am that yet C once be- G fore I Em die,

Thou Am wilt vouch E safe to Am love me.

13.

Ah, Am Greens- C leeves, now G farewell, Em adieu,

To Am God I pray to E prosper thee,

For Am I am C still thy G lover Em true,

Come Am once a- E gain and Am love me.

Variante

Eine schöne Version des Liedes entsteht, wenn man es in A-dorisch spielt. Die Vorzeichen beim Notenschlüssel zeigen dir an, dass hier ein Fis statt einem F gespielt wird.

Siehe auch

• wikipedia:de:Greensleeves
•  Wikibooks: Liederbuch/ Greensleeves – lieferte die Akkorde und bietet eine Soloversion für Gitarre an.
• https://youtu.be/8rrMojC-DJg