Sherwood Times Songbook

Sherwood

Words adapted from the poem 'Sherwood' by Alfred Noyes

Key G - Signature 4\4 - Tempo 110

 
                      G                                       B7         F#m7                     C
4 Bar Intro <Sher-wood in the twi-light> <is Robin Hood awake?>
    D                 D7           Em                   Em                                          Em    
<Grey and ghostly sha-dows> <are gliding through the brake>
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   Am7                          Am                              D                              Am           
<Shadows of the dappled deer> <dreaming of the morn>    
    D                            Am             F#m7     Am7                                     Em7
<Dreaming of a shadowy man> <that winds a shadowy horn>   1 Bar
 
   G                                 B7             F#m7                C                
<Robin Hood is here again> <and all his mer-ry thieves>
 
   D            D7            Em                        Em                                     Em   
<Hear a ghostly bugle note> <shivering through the lea-ves>
  
    Am7                   Am           F#m7    D                       Am                      
<Calling as he used to call> <faint and far away>
   G            C7             B7          Am             Am7            Am             G  
<In Sherwood> <in Sherwood> <about the break of day>
 
4 Bars
    G                                       B7                F#m7                     C       
<Calls them and they answer> <from aisles of oak and ash>
 
    D                  D7            Em              Em                                       Em     
<Rings the 'follow', 'follow'> <the boughs begin to crash>
 
    Am7            Am             F#m7        D                               Am     
<The ferns begin to flutter> <flowers start to fly>
 
    D                               Am                    F#m7     Am7                                     Em7G
<And through the crimson dawning> <the robber band goes by> 1 Bar
 
   G                             B7              F#m7           C                    
<Robin! O-h! Robin!> <all his merry thie-ves>     
 
   D                            D7        Em          Em                                   Em7
<Answer as the bugle-note> <shivers through the lea-ves>
 
   Am7              Am                 F#m7    D                         Am      
<Calling as he used to call> <faint and far away>
 
   G            C                B7         Am             Am7            Am             G   
<In Sherwood> <in Sherwood> <about the break of day>    
    Am7            Am             G  
<About the break of day>    End