Key: D
Introduction:
C D(x2)
C D
verse 1
C D C D C G Em G
Come all ye fair and tender maidens
Em D C D C Em
Take warning how you court young men
C D GEm Em G Em
They're like a star of a summer's morning
G Em C Am C D C D C D C D
First they'll app-e-a-r and then they're gone.
verse 2
C D C D C G Em G
They'll tell to y-ou some loving story
Em D C D C Em
They'll swear to y-ou their love is true
C D GEm Em G Em
Straightway they'll g - o and court another
G Em C Am C D C D C D C D
And that's the love that they had for you.
verse 3
C D C D C G Em G
If I'd a kn-own before I courted
Em D C D C Em
That love it was such a killin' thing
C D G Em G Em G Em
I'd lock my heart in a box of golden
G Em C Am C D C D C D C D
And fastened it up with a silver chain.
verse 4
C D C D C G Em G
O do you rememb-er our days of courtin'
Em D C D C Em
When your head lay upon my breast
C D GEm Em G Em
You could make me believe with the falling of your eyes
G Em C Am C D C D C D C D
That the sun rose in the west.
Verse 5
C D C D C G Em G
I wish I w-a-s a little sparrow
Em D C D C Em C
And I had wings and I could fly
D GEm Em G Em
I'd fly away to my own true lover
G Em C Am C D C D C D C D
And when he speaks I won't deny.
Verse 6
C D C D C G Em G
But I am not no little sparrow
Em D C D C Em
I have no wings neither can I fly
C D GEm Em G Em
I'll sit right do-wn in my grief and sorrow
G Em C Am C D C D C D C D
And let my troubles pass me by.
Verse 7
C D C D C G Em G
Come all ye fair and tender maidens
Em D C D C Em C
Take warning how you court young men
D GEm Em G Em
They're like a star of a summer's morning
G Em C Am C D C D C D C D
First they'll app-e-a-r and then they're gone.