Chords with lyrics
G+G
Pretty fair maid was in her garden
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
When a stranger came a-riding by
F# minorF#m E minorEm
He came up to the gate and called her
D MajorD G+G
Said pretty fair maid would you be my bride
G+G
Said I've a true love who's in the army
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
And he's been gone for seven long years
F# minorF#m E minorEm
And if he's gone for seven years longer
D MajorD G+G
I'll still be waiting for him here
G+G
Perhaps he's on some watercourse drowning
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Perhaps he's on some battlefield slain
F# minorF#m E minorEm
Perhaps he's to a fair girl married
D MajorD G+G
And you may never see him again
G+G
Well if he's drowned, I hope he's happy
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Or if he's on some battlefield slain
F# minorF#m E minorEm
And if he's to some fair girl married
D MajorD G+G
I'll love the girl that married him
G+G
He took his hand out of his pocket
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
And on his finger he wore a golden ring
F# minorF#m E minorEm
And when she saw that band a-shining
D MajorD G+G
A augmentedA brand new song her heart did sing
G+G
And then he threw his arms all around her
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Kisses gave her one, two, three
F# minorF#m E minorEm
Said I'm your true and loving soldier
D MajorD G+G
That's come back home to marry thee
G+G
Pretty fair maid was in her garden
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
When a stranger came a-riding by
F# minorF#m E minorEm
He came up to the gate and called her
D MajorD G+G
Said pretty fair maid would you be my bride