SONG: THE YOUNG SLAVER
ARTIST: JONATHAN BYRD
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
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THE YOUNG SLAVER
JONATHAN BYRD
INTRO: G G D G D Em C G Em C G
VERSE:
G D G D
Oh my dear, you prepare, are you going anywhere?
Em C G Em
Oh my dear, back from town, are you to a vessel bound,
C G
Off to war on an angry sea?
VERSE:
G D G D
Fairest one, I love you, this is something I must do
Em C G Em
Fairest one, if I stay, then your honor I'd betray
C G
So I seek lesser company
G D G D Em C G Em C G
VERSE:
G D G D
Oh my dear, please don't leave, there are tears upon my sleeve
Em C G Em
Oh my dear, if you go, down the archipelago
C G
You will never return to me
VERSE:
G D G D
Fairest one, let me go, for you know I love you so
Em C G Em
Fairest one, I'll return and your marriage I will earn
C G
With promotion and bravery
G D G D Em C G Em C G
VERSE:
G D G D
Oh my dear, you are gone, I will mourn you ere the dawn
Em C G Em
All the young and the brave are the first to find their grave
C G
In Her Majesty's company
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VERSE:
G D G D
Fairest one never knew what I'm really set to do
Em C G Em
Fairest one I never told, trading slaves for rum and gold
C G
To win her from her family
G D G D Em C G Em C G
VERSE:
G D G D
Oh my dear, I have dreams, in the night I hear the screams
Em C G Em
Oh my dear, in those lands, you have blood upon your hands
C G
And your soul is in jeopardy
VERSE:
G D G D
Fairest one of my land, I do not deserve your hand
Em C G Em
Fairest one, like a fool, I have been the devil's tool
C G
And my soul is in jeopardy
G D G D Em C G Em C G
VERSE:
G D G D
Oh my dear, I have learned, all the ships of war returned
Em C G Em
Oh my dear, as you know, they did not return with you
C G
So I made you a grave by the sea
VERSE:
G D G D
Fairest one, I have sins rum or gold could never cleanse
Em C G Em
Fairest one, in the deep, I will lay my self to sleep
C G
And make me a grave of the sea
OUTRO:
G D G D Em C G Em C G
NOTE:
When Jonathan Byrd plays this song live he plays in a different key.
He then CAPO'S at the 4th fret and plays the following:
NO CAPO CAPO 4th FRET
G C
D G
Em Am
C F
