Henry Lee Uke tab by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

6 Chords used in the song: Am, A7, Dm, G, E, C

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Year:  1996
Difficulty: 
3.67
(Intermediate)
Key: AmChords
(Am Am)Get down, get down, little Henry Lee 
And (A7 A7)stay all night with (Dm Dm)me
You won't find a girl in this damn world
That (G G)will compare with (Am Am)me

Chorus:
And the (E E)wind did howl and the (G G)wind did blow
(C C)La la la la la
(Am Am) La la la la lee
A A (Dm Dm)little bird lit down on He(C C)nry (Am Am)Lee

(Am Am)I can't get down and I won't get down
And (A7 A7)stay all night with (Dm Dm)thee
For the girl I have in that merry green land
I (G G)love far better than (Am Am)thee

Chorus

(Am Am)She leaned herself against a fence
Just (A7 A7)for a kiss or (Dm Dm)two
And with a little pen-knife held in her hand
She (G G)plugged him through and (Am Am)through

Chorus

(Am Am)Come take him by his lilly-white hands
Come (A7 A7)take him by his (Dm Dm)feet
And throw him in this deep deep well
Which is (G G)more than one hundred (Am Am)feet

Chorus

(Am Am)Lie there, lie there, little Henry Lee
Till the (A7 A7)flesh drops from your (Dm Dm)bones
For the girl you have in that merry green land
Can wait (G G)forever for you to come (Am Am)home

Chorus

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About this song: Henry Lee

HENRY LEE (trad.) original: Dick Justice (1929) - Brunswick covered by: Darby & Tarlton (1930s) as Lowe Bonnie, Judy Henske (1963) as Love Henry, Bob Dylan (1993) idem, Nick Cave & P.J. Harvey (1996) , Ralph Stanley (2002) , Peggy Seeger (2003) with both of her sons, Martin Simpson (2004) as Love Henry, "And the little bird looks down on Henry Lee", sole witness of a crime passionel. Not the girl but the man's the victim. Drowned by his mistress, he pays the highest price for sticking to his lawfull wedded wife.

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