Dm   C   Dm   C

[Verse]
 C    F    G         C
'Twas over hills and over hills
               G
Over hills and valleys
      Am      F        G         Am
Where my true love was kept from me
      F      Em    G     C
Quite out of spite and malice

[Verse]
  F         G      C
I went down to her father's house
                 G
Enquiring for my jewel
      Am      F        G      Am
They answered me, “She is not here”
      F         Em G     C
Which proved to me so cruel

[Verse]
     F         G       C
This fair maid hearing of his voice
                     G
Her head put out the window
    Am        F            G       Am
She said, “My dear, you're welcome here
    F         Em    G     C
But locks and bolts do hinder”

[Chorus]
Dm
Oh, locks and bolts
C
Locks and bolts will hinder
Dm
Oh, locks and bolts
C
Locks and bolts will hinder

[Instrumental]
Dm   C   Dm   C

[Verse]
   F       G          C
He stood a moment all in amaze
                 G
All in amaze and wonder
   Am        F        G       Am
At length he drew, in passion flew
    F         Em   G   C
And broke the door asunder

[Verse]
    F       G           C
Her uncle's servant, he being at home
                   G
Soon after him did follow
   Am           F        G         Am
He said, “Young man, you must quit here
   F       Em  G        C
Or in your own blood wallow”

[Verse]
   F        G             C
He took his true love all by the hand
                     G
His sword all in the other
   Am        F             G          Am
He said, “If you have more right than I
     F        Em    G    C
Then come and fight the other”

[Chorus]
Dm
Oh, locks and bolts
C
Locks and bolts will hinder
Dm
Oh, locks and bolts
C
Locks and bolts will hinder

[Instrumental]
Dm   C   Dm   C

[Verse]
    F         G      C
And now these two in wedlock joined
                   G
They do adore each other
     Am        F         G       Am
They oft times think all on that day
         F       Em    G   C
When the door he broke asunder

[Chorus]
Dm
Oh, locks and bolts
C
Locks and bolts will hinder
Dm
Oh, locks and bolts
C
Locks and bolts will hinder

[Chorus]
Dm
Oh, locks and bolts
C
Locks and bolts will hinder
Dm
Oh, locks and bolts
C
Locks and bolts will hinder