Now We Are Six Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays388

Now We Are Six by Steeleye Span is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Em, D7, G, D, Bb and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: C Em D7 G 

Verse 
                   D        G 
In marble halls as white as milk 
                   C       G 
Lined with skin as soft as silk 
    Em                    C 
Within a fountain crystal clear 
         G     C      G 
A golden apple doth appear 
                      D          G 
No doors there are to this stronghold 
    C             G      C         G 
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold 

Verse 
                   D        G 
In marble halls as white as milk 
                   C       G 
Lined with skin as soft as silk 
    Em                    C 
Within a fountain crystal clear 
         G     C      G 
A golden apple doth appear 
                      D          G 
No doors there are to this stronghold 
    C             G      C         G 
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold 

Verse 
N.C. 
Thirty white horses on a red hill 
N.C. 
Now they tramp 
N.C. 
Now they champ 
                      Bb 
Now they stand still 

Verse 
Bb 
White bird featherless, flew from paradise 
                  F 
Lit on the castle wall 
 Bb 
Along came Lord Landless, took it up handless 
                                   F     G 
Rode away horseless, to the King's white hall 

Verse 
Bb 
White bird featherless, flew from paradise 
                  F 
Lit on the castle wall 
 Bb 
Along came Lord Landless, took it up handless 
                                   F     G 
Rode away horseless, to the King's white hall 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante