A                D         A
"Where have you been my long lost love
     F#m                  E
This seven long years and more?"
 D       F#m      A       D
"Seeking gold for thee my love
    A      D        E
And riches of great store"

[Verse]
     A                      D           A
"For I might have married a king's daughter
     F#m            E
Far, far beyond the sea
    D   F#m       A      D
But I refused the golden crown
    A       D       E
All for the love of thee"

[Verse]
 A         A/C#   D       A
"What have you to keep me with
   F#m D               E
If I   with you should go?
   D    F#m     A       D
If I forsake my husband dear and
A        D
My young son also"

[Chorus]
 Bm                      E
"I'll show you where the white lilies grow
       A        D  E  D
On the banks of Italy
Bm                      E
I'll show you where the white fishes swim
       A      D      C#
At the bottom of the sea"

[Chorus]
 Bm                      E
"I'll show you where the white lilies grow
       A        D  E  D
On the banks of Italy
Bm                      E
I'll show you where the white fishes swim
       A      D      C#  E
At the bottom of the sea..."

[Instrumental]
A  E  Cm  G  Dm  A

[Verse]
 A     A/C#      D      A
"Seven ships all on the sea
    F#m                  E
The eighth brought me to land
     D        F#m    A   D
With four-and-twenty mariners
    A        D     E
And music on every hand"

[Verse]
A           A/C#  D       A
She set her foot upon the ship
   F#m              E
No mariners could behold
    D          F#m    A       D
The sails were of the shining silk
    A        D
The masts of beaten gold

[Chorus]
 Bm                      E
"I'll show you where the white lilies grow
       A        D  E  D
On the banks of Italy
 Bm                      E
I'll show you where the white fishes swim
       A      D      C#
At the bottom of the sea"

[Chorus]
 Bm                      E
"I'll show you where the white lilies grow
       A        D  E  D
On the banks of Italy
Bm                      E
I'll show you where the white fishes swim
       A      D      C#  E
At the bottom of the sea..."

[Instrumental]
A  E  Cm  G  Dm  A

[Verse]
 A    A/C#    D          A
"What are yon high, high hills
    F#m        D       E
The sun shines sweetly in?"
 D             F#m      A          D
"Those are the hills of heaven, my love
      A        D     E
Where you will never win"

[Instrumental]
A  A/C#  D  A  F#m    E
D  F#m  A  D    A  D

[Chorus]
 Bm                      E
"I'll show you where the white lilies grow
       A        D  E
On the banks of Italy
Bm                      E
I'll show you where the white fishes swim
       A      D      C#
At the bottom of the sea"

[Chorus]
 Bm                      E
"I'll show you where the white lilies grow
       A        D  E  D
On the banks of Italy
Bm                      E
I'll show you where the white fishes swim
       A      D      C#  E
At the bottom of the sea..."

[Instrumental]
A  E  Cm  G  Dm  A

[Verse]
      A       A/C#     D      A
"What is that mountain yonder there
      F#m           E
Where evil winds do blow?"
 D            F#m         A        D
"Yonder's the mountain of Hell, he cried
      A       D      E
Where you and I must go"

[Verse]
A           A/C#      D        A
He took her up to the top mast high
   F#m               E
To see what he could see
   D        F#m       A        D
He sunk the ship in a flash of fire
       A      D      E
To the bottom of the sea

[Chorus]
 Bm                      E
"I'll show you where the white lilies grow
       A        D  E  D
On the banks of Italy
Bm                      E
I'll show you where the white fishes swim
       A      D      C#
At the bottom of the sea"

[Chorus]
 Bm                      E
"I'll show you where the white lilies grow
       A        D  E  D
On the banks of Italy
Bm                      E
I'll show you where the white fishes swim
       A      D      C#  E
At the bottom of the sea..."

[Instrumental]
A  E  Cm  G  Dm  A

[Outro]
A  A/C#  D  A  F#m    E
D  F#m  A  D    A  D
A  A/C#  D  A  F#m    E
D  F#m  A  D    A  D