Am              G
Come all ye fair and tender girls
     C        G       Am
That flourish in your prime
          G               F      G
Beware, beware, keep your garden fair
    Am     G          Am   G
Let no man steal your thyme__
    Am     Em         Am
Let no man steal your thyme


[Verse 2]
                           G
For when your thyme, it is past and gone
      C       G        Am
He'll care no more for you
          G                F         G
And every place where your thyme was waste
     Am         G         Am   G
Will spread all over with rue____
     Am         Em        Am
Will spread all over with rue


[Verse 3]
                    G
The gardener's son, standing by
      C       G          Am
Three flowers he gave to me
              G            F      G
The pink, the blue and the violet true
        Am       G    Am   G
And the red, red rosy tree___
        Am       Em   Am
And the red, red rosy tree


[Verse 4]
                  G
But I refused the red rose bush
    C          G      Am
And gained the willow tree
             G         F       G
That all the world may plainly see
    Am      G        Am  G
How my love slighted me___
    Am      Em       Am
How my love slighted me


[Outro]
Am   G      C  G  Am      G  F  G      Am  G  Am  G  Am  Em  Am
Hmmm, hmmm, etc., etc.