Learn to play "Her Mantle So Green" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
C F Am As I went out walking, one morning in June F C F C To view the fair fields, and the valleys in bloom; F C F I spied a pretty fair maid, she appeared like a C queen, G7 Am F Am With her costly fine robes and her mantle so green Says I, my pretty fair maid, won't you come with me We'll both join in wedlock, and married we'll be; I will dress you in fine linen, you'll appear like a queen With your costly fine robes and your mantle so green Says she, now my young man, you must be excused For I'll wed no man, so you must be refused; To the green woods I will wander and shun all men's view For the boy I love dearly lies in famed Waterloo Well if you're not married, say your lover's name I fought in that battle, so I might know the same Draw near to my garment, and there you will see His name is embroidered on my mantle so green In the ribbon of her mantle, there I did behold His name and his surname, in letters of gold Young William O'Riley, appeared in my view He was my chief comrade back in famed Waterloo And as he lay dying, I heard his last cry "If you were here lovely Nancy I'd be willing to die" And as I told her this story, in anguish she flew And the more that I told her, the paler she grew So I smiled on my Nancy, 'twas I broke your heart In your father's garden, that day we did part And this is the truth, and the truth I declare Oh here's your love token the gold ring I wear You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsAm C F G7 Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Her Mantle So Green" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Her Mantle So Green" by Sinéad O’Connor.