Lord Willoughby

The song is in 4/4. 
Each chord name is played 
as a half note (minim). 

Intro 

Dm  Bb  F  F 
Dm  Bb  A  A 
Dm  Bb  F  F 
Dm  Bb  A  A 



[Verso 1]
 
    Dm         Bb     F  F 
The fif-teenth day of July with 
Dm         Bb        A      A 
glistering spear and shield, a 
Dm     Bb       F   F 
famous fight in Flanders was 
Dm       Bb     A     A 
foughten in the field. The 
Gm        Gm    Dm    Dm 
most courageous officers were 
Dm      Dm       F    C7 
English captains three.  But the 
F       A7     Dm  F 
bravest man in battle was 
Gm         A7      Dm 
brave Lord Willoughby. 
 

Interlude 

Dm  Bb  F  F 
Dm  Bb  A  A 
Dm  Bb  F  F 
Dm  Bb  A  A 



[Verso 2]
 
      Dm     Bb    F    F 
Stand to it, noble pike men, and 
Dm       Bb     A    A 
look you round about, and 
Dm        Bb         F  F 
shoot you right, you bowmen, and 
Dm      Bb        A   A 
we will keep them out.  You 
Gm     Gm  Dm      Dm 
musket and caliver men, do 
Dm        Dm      F   C7 
you prove true to me,     I'll 
F      A        Dm     F 
be the foremost man in fight, says 
Gm         A7      Dm 
brave Lord Willoughby 
 

Outro 

Dm  Bb  F  F 
Dm  Bb  A  A 
Dm  Bb  F  F 
Dm  Bb  A  A 
A 

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Play picking in the Intro, interlude and outro 

Use the following chords for picking on strings d, g, b 

Dm x57765 
Bb 68876 
F  x87565 (like C, but in the 5th fret) 
F  x 8 10 10 8 8 (after the C7) 
A  577655 
Gm 355333 
C7 8 10 8 9 8 8 

Strumming: use the standard chords