FC
I MUST LEAVE YOU FOR A SEASON
GmCDm
GO OUT LOGGIN HARD WOOD TIMBER
FG
HARDWOOD TIMBER THAT GROWS SO LOW
BbCDm
IN THE FOREST OF FENNARIO
FC
TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED TO LIVE, LOVEGmCDm
DO YOU ASK THAT YOU MIGHT OWN
FG
KEEP MY BLUE EYED HOUND TO GUARD YOU
BbCDm
I WILL MAKE MY WAY ALONE
I WILL NOT RETURN IN WINTER
IF I BE NOT BACK BY FALL
SEEK ME WHEN THE SMALL SUNFLOWER
STANDS ABOVE THE GARDEN WALL
Chorus:
CBbF
FARE YE WELL AND I WOULD NOT WEEP
FCDm
BID YOU TEND YOUR PRAYERS TO KEEP
CBbF
HILL BY DALE NOW MUST I GO
CBbDm
TO THE FOREST OF FENNARIO
GBbCDm
NINE-MONTHS BLEW WITH SLEETED RAIN
AND STILL HE CAME NOT BACK AGAIN
SUMMONED SHE THE HOUND TO GO
TO SEEK HIM IN FENNARIO
HE CAME BACK THAT FATED DAY
TO FIND HIS LADY GONE AWAY
MADE HASTE TO FOLLOW IN HER TRACK
WHERE SHE COULD GO BUT NOT COME BACK
AT HER SIDE THE BLUE-EYED HOUND DID LAY
WHILE FAST HER BREATH DID FADE AWAY
SHE CRIED OUT "TURN MY LOVE AND GO
I WOULD NOT HAVE YOU SEE ME SO"
GBbCDmInstrumental
I SHALL NOT TURN I SHALL NOT YIELD
OH SELF-SAME SERPENT STING MY HEEL
THAT BLEEDS MY LADIES BLOOD AWAY
BESIDE THE BLUE-EYED HOUND TO LAY
ANGELS SING THEIR SOULS TO SLEEP
FOUR WINDS GRACE THEIR BREATH TO KEEP
UP ABOVE YON GARDEN WALL
STANDS THE SUNFLOWER, STRAIGHT AND TALL
CBbF
HILL BY DALE NOW MUST I GO
CBbDm
TO THE FOREST OF FENNARIO
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.