I Live Not Where I Love Lyrics And Chords
I think this is an old traditional English folk song. It was recorded by Steeleye Span and Tim Hart and Mary Black. The version of the guitar chords here in the key of C are for the Mary Black version. I live not where I love tin whistle sheet music plus the tenor guitar tab in CGDA tuning added.
Intro. chords
C G C F G C F C G C
[C]O Come all ye maids who live at a distance
Many's a mile from [F]off your sway[G]
Come [C]and assist me this very moment
For to pass a[Dm]way some [C]time
[F]Singing sweetly and com[G]pletely
[C]Songs of pleas[F]ure and of [G]love
For me [C]heart is with him altogether
Though I live not [G]where I [C]love
[C]When I sleep I [G]dream about [C]you
When I wake I [F]take no [Dm]rest
[C]Every moment thinking on you
My heart o'er fixed [Dm]in your [C]breast
But al[F]though far distance
May [Dm]be of as[G]sistance
If [C]from my mind your [G]love remove
For me [C]heart is with him altogether
Though I live not [G]where I [C]love
F C G
[C]All the world [G]shall be of [C]one religion
All living things shall cease to [G]die
If [C]ever [F]I should prove [C]false to my jewel
Or any way his [G]love de[C]ny
Oh the [F]world shall change
And [Dm]be most [G]strange
If [C]from my mind your love re[G]move
For me [C]heart is with him altogether
Though I live not [G]where I [C]love
[C]So farewell lad and farewell lassies
Now I think I've [F]made my [G]choice
I [C]will away to yonder mountain
Where I think I [G]hear his [C]voice
And [F]if he hollows [Dm]I will [G]follow
[C]Around the world though it [F]is so [G]wide
[C]For young Thomas he did promise
I should be his [G]lawful [C]bride
F C Dm G
O Come [C]all ye maids who live at a distance
Many's a mile from [F]off your [G]sway
Come [C]and assist me this very moment
For to pass a[G]way some [C]time
[F]Singing sweetly [Dm]and com[G]pletely
[C]Songs of pleasure [F]and of [C]love
For me [C]heart is with him alto[G]gether
[C]Though I live not [G]where I [C]love
C G C F G C F C G C
[C]O Come all ye maids who live at a distance
Many's a mile from [F]off your sway[G]
Come [C]and assist me this very moment
For to pass a[Dm]way some [C]time
[F]Singing sweetly and com[G]pletely
[C]Songs of pleas[F]ure and of [G]love
For me [C]heart is with him altogether
Though I live not [G]where I [C]love
[C]When I sleep I [G]dream about [C]you
When I wake I [F]take no [Dm]rest
[C]Every moment thinking on you
My heart o'er fixed [Dm]in your [C]breast
But al[F]though far distance
May [Dm]be of as[G]sistance
If [C]from my mind your [G]love remove
For me [C]heart is with him altogether
Though I live not [G]where I [C]love
F C G
[C]All the world [G]shall be of [C]one religion
All living things shall cease to [G]die
If [C]ever [F]I should prove [C]false to my jewel
Or any way his [G]love de[C]ny
Oh the [F]world shall change
And [Dm]be most [G]strange
If [C]from my mind your love re[G]move
For me [C]heart is with him altogether
Though I live not [G]where I [C]love
[C]So farewell lad and farewell lassies
Now I think I've [F]made my [G]choice
I [C]will away to yonder mountain
Where I think I [G]hear his [C]voice
And [F]if he hollows [Dm]I will [G]follow
[C]Around the world though it [F]is so [G]wide
[C]For young Thomas he did promise
I should be his [G]lawful [C]bride
F C Dm G
O Come [C]all ye maids who live at a distance
Many's a mile from [F]off your [G]sway
Come [C]and assist me this very moment
For to pass a[G]way some [C]time
[F]Singing sweetly [Dm]and com[G]pletely
[C]Songs of pleasure [F]and of [C]love
For me [C]heart is with him alto[G]gether
[C]Though I live not [G]where I [C]love
I live not where I love guitar tab in cgda tuning
Mary Black singer of I live not where I love
