Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
🎸 Verse:
F
Beware of young girls who come to the door
C7
Wistful and pale, of twenty and four
Dm Bb F
Delivering daisies with delicate hands
F
Beware of young girls, too often they crave
C7 Bb F
To cry at a wedding, and dance on a grave
🎸 Verse:
F
She was my friend, my friend, my friend
She was invited to my house
Oh yes, she was
C
And though she knew my love was true
Dm
And no ordinary thing
Bb
She admired my wedding ring
Bbm C
She admired my wedding ring
F
She was my friend, my friend, my friend
She sent us little silver gifts
Oh yes she did
C Dm
Oh what a rare and happy pair she inevitably said
Bb
As she glanced at my unmade bed
Bbm
She admired my unmade bed
C7
My bed
🎸 Chorus:
F
Beware of young girls who come to the door
C7
Wistful and pale, of twenty and four
Dm Bb F
Delivering daisies with delicate hands
F
Beware of young girls, too often they crave
C7 Bbm F
To cry at a wedding, and dance on a grave
🎸 Verse:
F
She was my friend, my friend, my friend
I thought her motives were sincere
Oh yes I did
C
Ah, but this lass, it came to pass
Dm
Had a dark and different plan
Bb
She admired my own sweet man
Bbm C
She admired my own sweet man
F
We were friends
Oh yes we were
And she just took him from my life
Oh yes she did
C
So young and vain, she brought me pain
Dm
But I'm wise enough to say
Bb
She will leave him one thoughtless day
Bbm
She'll just leave him and go away
C7
Oh yes
🎸 Chorus:
F
Beware of young girls who come to the door
C7
Wistful and pale, of twenty and four
Dm Bb F
Delivering daisies with delicate hands
F
Beware of young girls, too often they crave
C7 Bb F
To cry at a wedding, and dance on a grave