Biography:
A native of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Jonathan grew up singing in the Southern Baptist church, where his father preached and his mother played piano.
After four years in the Navy, he returned to Chapel Hill to play in rock bands in that legendary underground music scene.
A friend of Jonathan's invited him to an old-time fiddle festival in the mountains of southwest Virginia, where his writing began to change.
Assimilating the sounds of southern traditional music, Byrd wrote new songs in an ancient style.
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SONG: THE YOUNG SLAVER
ARTIST: JONATHAN BYRD
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]
THE YOUNG SLAVER
JONATHAN BYRD
INTRO: G G D G D Em C G Em C G
VERSE:
G D G D
Oh my dear, you prepare, are you going anywhere?
Em C G Em
Oh my dear, back from town, are you to a vessel bound,
C G
Off to war on an angry sea?
VERSE:
G D G D
Fairest one, I love you, this is something I must do
Em C G Em
Fairest one, if I stay, then your honor I'd betray
C G
So I seek lesser company
G D G D Em C G Em C G
VERSE:
G D G D
Oh my dear, please don't leave, there are tears upon my sleeve
Em C G Em
Oh my dear, if you go, down the archipelago
C G
You will never return to me
VERSE:
G D G D
Fairest one, let me go, for you know I love you so
Em C G Em
Fairest one, I'll return and your marriage I will earn
C G
With promotion and bravery
G D G D Em C G Em C G
VERSE:
G D G D
Oh my dear, you are gone, I will mourn you ere the dawn
Em C G Em
All the young and the brave are the first to find their grave
C G
In Her Majesty's company
VERSE:
G D G D
Fairest one never knew what I'm really set to do
Em C G Em
Fairest one I never told, trading slaves for rum and gold
C G
To win her from her family
G D G D Em C G Em C G
VERSE:
G D G D
Oh my dear, I have dreams, in the night I hear the screams
Em C G Em
Oh my dear, in those lands, you have blood upon your hands
C G
And your soul is in jeopardy
VERSE:
G D G D
Fairest one of my land, I do not deserve your hand
Em C G Em
Fairest one, like a fool, I have been the devil's tool
C G
And my soul is in jeopardy
G D G D Em C G Em C G
VERSE:
G D G D
Oh my dear, I have learned, all the ships of war returned
Em C G Em
Oh my dear, as you know, they did not return with you
C G
So I made you a grave by the sea
VERSE:
G D G D
Fairest one, I have sins rum or gold could never cleanse
Em C G Em
Fairest one, in the deep, I will lay my self to sleep
C G
And make me a grave of the sea
OUTRO:
G D G D Em C G Em C G
NOTE:
When Jonathan Byrd plays this song live he plays in a different key.
He then CAPO'S at the 4th fret and plays the following:
NO CAPO CAPO 4th FRET
G C
D G
Em Am
C F
ARTIST: JONATHAN BYRD
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]
THE YOUNG SLAVER
JONATHAN BYRD
INTRO: G G D G D Em C G Em C G
VERSE:
G D G D
Oh my dear, you prepare, are you going anywhere?
Em C G Em
Oh my dear, back from town, are you to a vessel bound,
C G
Off to war on an angry sea?
VERSE:
G D G D
Fairest one, I love you, this is something I must do
Em C G Em
Fairest one, if I stay, then your honor I'd betray
C G
So I seek lesser company
G D G D Em C G Em C G
VERSE:
G D G D
Oh my dear, please don't leave, there are tears upon my sleeve
Em C G Em
Oh my dear, if you go, down the archipelago
C G
You will never return to me
VERSE:
G D G D
Fairest one, let me go, for you know I love you so
Em C G Em
Fairest one, I'll return and your marriage I will earn
C G
With promotion and bravery
G D G D Em C G Em C G
VERSE:
G D G D
Oh my dear, you are gone, I will mourn you ere the dawn
Em C G Em
All the young and the brave are the first to find their grave
C G
In Her Majesty's company
VERSE:
G D G D
Fairest one never knew what I'm really set to do
Em C G Em
Fairest one I never told, trading slaves for rum and gold
C G
To win her from her family
G D G D Em C G Em C G
VERSE:
G D G D
Oh my dear, I have dreams, in the night I hear the screams
Em C G Em
Oh my dear, in those lands, you have blood upon your hands
C G
And your soul is in jeopardy
VERSE:
G D G D
Fairest one of my land, I do not deserve your hand
Em C G Em
Fairest one, like a fool, I have been the devil's tool
C G
And my soul is in jeopardy
G D G D Em C G Em C G
VERSE:
G D G D
Oh my dear, I have learned, all the ships of war returned
Em C G Em
Oh my dear, as you know, they did not return with you
C G
So I made you a grave by the sea
VERSE:
G D G D
Fairest one, I have sins rum or gold could never cleanse
Em C G Em
Fairest one, in the deep, I will lay my self to sleep
C G
And make me a grave of the sea
OUTRO:
G D G D Em C G Em C G
NOTE:
When Jonathan Byrd plays this song live he plays in a different key.
He then CAPO'S at the 4th fret and plays the following:
NO CAPO CAPO 4th FRET
G C
D G
Em Am
C F
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