Key: Bb
Introduction: D7 G D7 G D7 G D7 G*
D7 G
I know my love by his way of walkin'
D7 G
and I know my love by his way of talkin'.
D7 G
And I know my love in a suit of blue
D7 G
and if my love leaves me what will I do?"
D7 G
And still she cried, "I love him the best
D7 G
and a troubled mind, sure, can know no rest."
D7 G
And still she cried, "Bonny boys are few
D7 G D7 G
and if my love leaves me what will I do?"
D7 G
"There is a dance house in Maradyke
D7 G
and there my true love goes ev'ry night.
D7 G
He takes a strange girl one upon his knee
D7 G
and don't you think now that vexes me?"
D7 G
And still she cried, "I love him the best
D7 G
and a troubled mind, sure, can know no rest."
D7 G
And still she cried, "Bonny boys are few
D7 G
and if my love leaves me what will I do?"
D7 C
D7 C
D7 C G
D7 C D7
D7 G
If my love knew I could wash and wring,
D7 G
if my love knew I could weave and spin.
D7 G
I'd make a coat all of the finest kind
D7 G
but the want of money, sure, leaves me behind.'
D7 G
And still she cried, "I love him the best
D7 G
and a troubled mind, sure, can know no rest."
D7 G
And still she cried, "Bonny boys are few
D7 G*
and if my love leaves me what will I do?"
D7 G
I know my love is an errant rover,
D7 G
I know he&rsquo ll wander the wide world over.
D7 G
In dear old Ireland he&rsquo ll no longer tarry,
D7 G
an American girl he&rsquo s sure to marry.
D7 G
And still she cried, "I love him the best
D7 G
and a troubled mind, sure, can know no rest."
D7 G
And still she cried, "Bonny boys are few
D7 G
and if my love leaves me what will I do?"
D7 G
And still she cried, "I love him the best
D7 G
And a troubled mind, sure, can know no rest."
D7 G
And still she cried, "Bonny boys are few
D7 G
And if my love leaves me what will I do?"
D7 C
D7 C
D7 C G
D7 C D7
G*