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Johnny Be Fair

Key: B

Introduction: Am    G    E    Am    E    Am    

difficulty
very easy |||||
                Am                                                                                              G                                      Am  
Well, Johnny be fair and Johnny be fine and wants me for to wed
                                                                                        G                                 E  
And I would marry Johnny, but my father up and said
          Am                                                                                      G                              E  
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew
          A                            G                                      F                 E              A  
But Johnny is a son of mine and so he's kin to you
                Am                                                                                         G                                      Am  
Well, Jimmy be fair and Jimmy be fine and wants me for to wed
                                                                                     G                                 E  
And I would marry Jimmy, but my father up and said
          Am                                                                                      G                              E  
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew
          A                                         G                                      F                 E              A  
But Jimmy, too, is a son of mine and so he's kin to you
                Am                                                                                         G                                      Am  
Well, Billy be fair and Billy be fine and wants me for to wed
                                                                                     G                                 E  
And I would marry Billy, but my father up and said
          Am                                                                                      G                              E  
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew
          A                                         G                                      F                 E              A  
But Billy, too, is a son of mine and so he's kin to you
          Am                                                                      G                         Am  
You never seen a girl so sad and sorry as I was
                                                                                                        G                                 E  
The boys in town are all my kin and my father is the cause
        Am                                                                                    G                              E  
If life should thus continue I shall die a single miss
             A                                    G                                 F                    E              A  
And, so, I'll go to mother and complain to her of this
                Am    G    F    E    Am  
Mm mm mm
        Am                                                                                            G                                    Am  
Oh daughter, haven't I taught you to forgive and to forget
                                                                                                                G                                            E  
And, if your father sewed his oats, well, still you needn't fret
             Am                                                                              G                                         E  
Your father may be father to all the boys in town and still
             A                                      G                                 F            E                    A  
He's not the one who sired you, so marry whom you will