My Dear Only Love Live chords by The Corries

Key: D

*Based on the rare live recording.

Intro:

D    D  G D G A D

Verse 1:
    D             G        D
My dear and only Love, I pray
          G      A         D
    What little world o' thee
    D             G       D
Be govern'd by no other sway
         D            A
    But purest monarchy;
    D             G     D
For if confusion has a part,
           D                A
    Which virtuous souls abhor,
      D           G       D
I'll hold a synod in my heart,
         G     A         D
    And never love thee more.

Verse 2:
     D         G        D
Like Alexander I would reign,
        G        A      D
    And I would reign alone,
     D                 G       D
My thoughts still evermore disdain
       D             A
    A rival on my throne.
   D                 G        D
He either fears his fate too much,
        D                A
    Or his deserts are small,
      D                G      D
That dares not put it to the touch
        G       A      D
    To gain or lose it all.

Verse 3:
    D             G       D
And in the empire of thy heart,
          G        A      D
    Where I would solely be,
   D             G      D
If others do pretend a part
       D                A
    O dare to vie with me;
   D              G    D
Or if confusion thou erect,
         D             A
    And go on such a score,
      D                  G     D
I'll laugh and sing at thy neglect,
         G     A         D
    And never love thee more.

Harmonica Solo:
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Verse 4:
    D                G         D
But if thou wilt be faithful then,
         G       A       D
    And constant o' thy word,
      D                G     D
I'll make thee famous by my pen
          D              A
    And glorious by my sword:
      D                  G     D
I'll serve thee in such noble ways
        D             A
    as never heard before;
       D                 G         D
I'll crown and deck thee all with bays,
         G        A    D
    And love thee evermore.

Outro:
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