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Scarborough Fair

_ _
Are
Am
,
you
,
go ing
,
,
,
- to
,
Scar
Em
,

bo - rough
,
,
,
- Fair?
Am
,

Par
,
sley,
,
- sage,
,
rose
,
ma
D
,
- ry
,
- and
,
_
thyme.
Am
,
.
Re
,
mem
,
- ber
,
- me
Em
,
to
,
one
Am
,
who
,
lives
,
there,
G
,
,

_
-
She
Am
,
once
,
was
G
,
a
,
true
Em
,
love
,
of
,
mine.
Am
,
-
Verse 2:
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt.
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
Without any seam nor needle work,
Then shell be a true love of mine.
Verse 3:
Tell her to find me an acre of land.
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
Between the salt water and the sea strand,
Then shell be a true love of mine.
Verse 4:
Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather.
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
And bind it all in a bunch of heather,
Then shell be a true love of mine
Scarborough Fair can be played in a strumming or finger-picking style.
Finger-picking style: The fingers pick the
same string pattern throughout, as shown
in the brackets, while the string plucked by
the thumb changes depending on the chord
played: 5
th
string for Am; 6
th
string for
Em and G; 4
th
string for D (i.e. the lowest
sounding string for each chord).

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,

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i

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,
i

- - - -
,
,
Finger-picking style
G
1
2 3
Em
2 3
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Trad. English
Strumming rhythm

1 2 & 3
D
X X
1 2
3
Am
2 3
1
X