Am              G 
Come all ye fair and tender girls 
     C        G       Am 
That flourish in your prime 
          G               F      G 
Beware, beware, keep your garden fair 
    Am     G          Am   G 
Let no man steal your thyme__ 
    Am     Em         Am 
Let no man steal your thyme 
 
  
                           G 
For when your thyme, it is past and gone 
      C       G        Am 
He'll care no more for you 
          G                F         G 
And every place where your thyme was waste 
     Am         G         Am   G 
Will spread all over with rue  
     Am         Em        Am 
Will spread all over with rue 
 
  
                    G 
The gardener's son, standing by 
      C       G          Am 
Three flowers he gave to me 
              G            F      G 
The pink, the blue and the violet true 
        Am       G    Am   G 
And the red, red rosy tree  
        Am       Em   Am 
And the red, red rosy tree 
 
  
                  G 
But I refused the red rose bush 
    C          G      Am 
And gained the willow tree 
             G         F       G 
That all the world may plainly see 
    Am      G        Am  G 
How my love slighted me  
    Am      Em       Am 
How my love slighted me 
 
  
Am   G      C  G  Am      G  F  G      Am  G  Am  G  Am  Em  Am 
Hmmm, hmmm,