The Minstrel Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Kind SGirs, Lovely ladDies

This tEmale you'll enjoy

of the waGy love once startDed

Cadd9 D 3/8

between maid and boy.

It begEman on an evenBm7ing

where feCastiDng was dEmone.

Here our loCver's encountDered

and this tale has beEmgun.

Instrumental 1

C G Am C Em D/F♯ D/F♯ C

Em G Am C Em D/F♯ D/F♯ Am

Verse 2

As the lGad looked aDround him with wEmandering eyes

G D Cadd9 D 3/8

he beheld there a lady her look like the skies

As the sEmun seemed to blBm7ess her with flCames iDn her gEmaze

't was this wConderful vDision that filled him with Empraise.

Verse 3

His mGouth longed to spDeak of the fEmire in his soul

to this bGeautiful maDiden of vCadd9irtues untDold.

But beEmfore he could uBm7tter the woCrds Don his miEmnd

she had gCone away, Dvanished and left him behEmind.

Instrumental 2

C G Am C Em D/F♯ D/F♯ C

Em G Am C Em D/F♯ D/F♯ Am

Verse 4

As he cGaught himself sDtaring, his eEmyes open wide,

G G Cadd9 D 3/8

gazing down at the place where she fled from his sight

He dEmecided to sBm7eek Eher a qC/Euest for his lEmove.

So he C/Egathered his vDalour and soon he set oEmff

Instrumental

Em B7 F♯ G Am

G/B C D D

Em B7 F♯ G Am

G/B C D D

Em Em

Verse 5

For a dEmay and a fuEm/F♯ll night he rEm/Gode and he sEm/AoughtEm/B

asking Emall he enEm/F♯countered where Em/Ghis love was bEm/Arought.

By the tEmrail that they sEm/F♯howed him he wEmandFered alEm/Aong, Em/B

't was her iEmmage that Em/F♯led him and kEm/Gept his love sEm/Atrong.

Verse 6

Kind SGirs, lovely LadDies, our tEmale is at end

Did they spGend their lived lDoving, or Cadd9is their love sDpent?

Love is fEmound by the sBm7eeker and waCnts tDo be soEmught.

May the CLord guard your pDathways as you sEmeek what he's stored.

Outro

C G Am C Em D/F♯ D/F♯ C

Em G Am C Em D/F♯ D/F♯ Am

Em B7 F♯ G Am Am

G C D D

Em B7 F♯ G Am Am

G/B C D D D

Em