Banks Of The Sweet Primroses chords by Fairport Convention

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
G+G  C majorC D MajorD x4
G+G

Verse:

           C majorC      D MajorD
As I walked out on a midsummer's morning


        G+G       C majorC    D MajorD
For to view the fields and to take the air


      G+G      C majorC     D MajorD
Down by the banks of the sweet primroses

     G+G      C majorC  D MajorD  G+G
There I beheld a most love lie fair


Verse:

           C majorC     D MajorD
Three short steps, I stepped up to her


      G+G     C majorC     D MajorD
Not knowing her as she passed me by


       G+G      C majorC     D MajorD
I stepped up to her, thinking for to view her


        G+G      C majorC D MajorD   G+G
She appeared to be like some virtuous bride


Verse:

             C majorC    D MajorD
I says, "Fair maid, where are you going


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And what's the occasion of all your grief?


          G+G    C majorC  D MajorD
I will make you as happy as any lady

      G+G        C majorC   D MajorD G+G
If you will grant to me one small relief"


Instrumental:
G+G  C majorC D MajorD x4
G+G

Verse:

                C majorC    D MajorD
"Stand off, stand off, you're a false deceiver


     G+G        C majorC   D MajorD
You are a false deceitful man, I know


         G+G       C majorC    D MajorD
'Tis you that has caused my poor heart to wander


      G+G    C majorC  D MajorD  G+G
And in your comfort lies no refrain"


Verse:

             C majorC    D MajorD
"So I'll go down to some lonesome valley


        G+G      C majorC    D MajorD
Where no man on earth shall there me find


            G+G       C majorC      D MajorD
Where the pretty little small birds do change their voices


     G+G      C majorC  D MajorD   G+G
And every moment blows blusterous wind"


Verse:

             C majorC  D MajorD
So come all young men who go a-sailing


      G+G     C majorC   D MajorD
Pray pay attention to what I say


          G+G     C majorC   D MajorD
For there's many a dark and a cloudy morning


       G+G  C majorC D MajorD   G+G
Turns out to be a sunshiny day


Outro:
G+G  C majorC D MajorD G+G