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[Intro]
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      G Em G      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           G Em G       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          G Em G         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    G Em G       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         G Em G      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      G Em G      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.