Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

 Come, let me sing into your ear

 Those dancing days are gone

 All that silk and satin gear

 Crouch upon a stone

 Wrapping that foul body up

 In as foul a rag

Chorus

I carry the sun in a golden cup

 The moon in a silver bag X2

Verse 2

 Curse as you may I sing it through

 What matter if the knave

 That the most could pleasure you

 The children that he gave

 Are somewhere sleeping like a top

 Under a marble flag?

Chorus

I carry the sun in a golden cup

 The moon in a silver bag X2

Bridge

 Come let me sing into your ear

 I thought it out this very day

 Noon upon the clock

 All that silk and satin gear

 A man may put pretence away

 Who leans upon a stick

 May sing, and sing until he drop

Whether to maid or hag

Chorus

I carry the sun in a golden cup

 The moon in a silver bag X2

Solo

Outro

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