​Yarmouth Town Lyrics Chords And Sheet Music

Yarmouth Town Song Lyrics Guitar Chords And Sheet Music. An English folk song. Writer unknown. There are many versions of this song knocking about. The chords here are for the Liam Clancy version. It was also recorded by Irish group Planxty. Also by Ryan's Fancy, Gaelic Storm, Great Big Sea and I think Pete Bellamy was the first to record the song. The song was released in June 2016 by Irish country singer Derek Ryan. Derek recorded it in the key of Bb. To play along with Derek Ryan's version put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the chords here.

[G]In Yarmouth town there lived a man
And he [C]kept a tavern by the [G]strand
And the landlord [D]had a [G]daughter fair
Pretty little thing with [C]golden hair 

Oh[G]Won't you come down
[C]Won't you come down
[G]Won't you come down to [D]Yarmouth [G]town 

Oh[G]Won't you come [D]down
[C]Won't you come down
[G]Won't you come down to [D]Yarmouth [G]town 

[G]Now in this tavern was a sailor [D]man
And he [C]asked his daughter for her [G]hand
Why should I [D]marry [G]you she said
When I get all I want with[C]out being wed

But [G]if with me you'd like to linger
I'll[C] tie some [G]string all a[C]round my finger
And [G]all you have to do is pull on my string
I'll come down and I'll[C] let you right in 

[G]And at closing time the sailor [D]man
Went [C]back to the tavern by the [G]strand
He'd never seen such a sight be[D]fore
But the [G]string on her finger was [C]all she wore

[G]The sailor played the whole night [D]through
And [C]then in the morning went back to the crew
[G]Told them of the daughter fair
The pretty littly [D]thing with the [C]golden hair

[G]The news it [D]soon got [G]all around
And the [C]very next night in Yarmouth town
There was [G]fifteen sailors pulling on the [Bm]string
[G]She came down and she [C]let them all in

[G]So all you [D]men who to [G]Yarmouth go
If ya [C]see those girls with their hair hung low
All ya gotta [G]do is pull their strings
And they'll come [C]down and she'll let you all [G]in