Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies

Tuning: EADGBE Verse 1: G C G Come all ye fair and tender ladies G C D take warning how, you court young men. D Am7 G They're like a stars of a summer's morning G Am7 D they first appear, and then they're gone. Verse 2: G C G They'll tell to you, some loving story G C D they'll make you think, that they love you true. D Am7 G Straight away they'll go, and court another G Am7 D and that's the love they had for you.

Verse 3: G C G If I had known before I courted G C D I would have never courted none. D Am7 G I'd lock my heart in a box of golden G Am7 D and fasten it up with a silver pin. Verse 4: G C G Do you recall our days of courting? G C D When your head lay on my breast D Am7 G You'd make me believe by the falling of your arms That the sun rose in the west. Verse 5: G C G I wish I was, a little sparrow G C D and I had wings with which to fly D Am7 G I'd fly away, to my false true lover G Am7 D and when he'd speak, I would deny. Verse 6: G C G But I am not a little sparrow G C D Neither have I wings to fly D Am7 G So here I'll sit in grief and sorrow G Am7 D