Greensleeves

                        Greensleeves

                                            Old English tune
                                       Mandolin tablature by 
                                    Elizabeth T. Knuth, 1998

Key: A minor

Verse:

                                         Q
E--||------------|--------------------|--0--------2--0-----|
A--||--3:--0-----|--3-----------5-----|--3-----------------|
D--||--4:--------|--2-----------------|--2-----------------|
G--||------------|--------------------|--0-----------------|
           |        |     |     |        |        |_ |     

           A   -   las,         my      love,        you


                        Q
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--5-----------2-----|-----------0--2-----|--3-----------0-----|
|--------------------|--5-----------------|--2-----------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
   |     |     |        |        |_ |        |     |     |

   do          me       wrong       to       cast        me


   Q
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--0-----------0-----|--2-----------------|--------------0-----|
|-----------6--------|--------------6-----|--2-----------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
   |        |_ |        |     |     |        |     |     |

  off          dis-   court   -    eous  -   ly.        For


                        Q
|--------------------|--0--------2--0-----|--------------------|
|--3-----------5-----|--3-----------------|--5-----------2-----| 
|--2-----------------|--2-----------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--0-----------------|--------------------|
   |     |     |        |        |_ |        |     |     |

   I          have     lov    -     ed      you          so


   Q                    Q                    Q
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------0--2-----|--3--------2--0-----|--------------------|
|--5-----------------|--2-----------------|--6--------4--6-----|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
   |        |_ |        |        |_ |        |        |_ | 

   long,       de  -    light -     ing      in          your


|--------------------|--------------------|
|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
   |     |     |        |     |     |  

  com    -    pa -      ny.


Chorus:

                        Q
|--3-----------------|--3--------2--0-----|--------------------|
|--3-----------------|--3-----------------|--5-----------2-----|
|--2-----------------|--2-----------------|--------------------|
|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|--------------------|
   |     |     |        |        |_ |        |     |     |

 Green     -          sleeves       was     all          my


   Q                                         Q
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------0--2-----|--3-----------0-----|--0-----------0-----|
|--5-----------------|--------------------|-----------6--------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
   |        |_ |        |     |     |        |        |_ |   

   joy       , and      Green -              sleeves     was


|--------------------|--------------------|--3-----------------|
|--2-----------------|--------------------|--3-----------------|
|--------------6-----|--2-----------------|--2-----------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--0-----------------|
   |     |     |        |     |     |        |     |     |

   my          de -     light.               Green -


   Q                                         Q
|--3--------2--0-----|--------------------|--------------------|
|--3-----------------|--5-----------2-----|-----------0--2-----|
|--2-----------------|--------------------|--5-----------------|
|--0-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
   |        |_ |        |     |     |        |        |_ |  

  sleeves  was my      heart        of       gold      , and


|--------------------|--------------------|
|--3-----2-----0-----|--------------------|
|--------------------|--6-----4-----6-----|
|--------------------|--------------------|
   |     |     |        |     |     |      

  who   but   my        la    -    dy      


|--------------------|--------------||
|--0-----------------|--0-----------||
|--------------------|--------------||
|--------------------|--------------||
   |     |     |        |     |

  Green -              sleeves?

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==                 TABLATURE EXPLANATION                  ==
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-4:------- Time
-4:------- Signature
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Rhythm:
  Q = dotted quarter

Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain

The two songs most commonly set to this tune are "What Child Is This" and--of course--"Greensleeves&.#34;

The tune is English, and from the sixteenth century at the latest. In 1596 "Greensleeves" is mentioned as a dance, and Shakespeare also refers to "Greensleeves" as a tune in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act II, Scene I, and Act V, Scene V.

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