Come All Ye Fair And Tender Maidens

	  		
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Intro 
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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.