Fakenham Fair chords by Peter Bellamy

Chords with lyrics

verse 1
 C majorC   FF   C majorC    FF      C majorC     FF    C majorC
I never really fell in love till I went up to Fakenham Fair
G+G   C majorC       FF      C majorC    FF   C majorC      G+G    C majorC
And I chanced for to meet with a carnival girl a-selling the chances there
 FF           C majorC         FF     G+G
I tried for a lamp or a Spanish shawl or a golden filigree
  C majorC    FF     C majorC     FF      C majorC      G+G     C majorC
But all the while her eyes were saying, ?Oh! Come take a chance on me.?

  FF        C majorC
So swing around the merry-go-round.
     FF         G+G
Give the wheel of fortune a whirl,
    C majorC   FF    C majorC    FF
For the finest prize at Fakenham Fair
    C majorC   G+G    C majorC
Is the pretty carnival girl.

verse 2
  C majorC     FF     C majorC      FF       C majorC       FF    C majorC
Her eyes were blue, her hair it was brown and her lips they were soft and red
G+G   C majorC     FF     C majorC   FF      C majorC       G+G       C majorC
And a shape like hers I had never seen and my eyes well they popped from my head
  FF        C majorC         FF      G+G
But I was young and innocent but still even I could see
     C majorC    FF      C majorC       FF       C majorC      G+G     C majorC
That the way she laughed and she winked my way it said, ?Come take a chance on me.?

  FF           C majorC
So swing around that old merry-go-round.
     FF         G+G
Give the wheel of fortune a whirl,
  C majorC   FF    C majorC    FF
The finest prize at Fakenham Fair
    C majorC   G+G    C majorC
Is the pretty carnival girl.

verse 3
  C majorC     FF     C majorC     FF       C majorC       FF     C majorC
The old folks said, ?She ain't for you, boy, oh, what will the old people think??
G+G   C majorC    FF     C majorC     FF      C majorC      G+G     C majorC
But I took my chance and I won that girl just as quick as an eye could wink
    FF        C majorC      FF        G+G
And the very best day in all my life, whatever come to pass,
    C majorC     FF     C majorC    FF     C majorC    G+G    C majorC
Was the day that I went up to Fakenham Fair and I won me a carnival lass.

  FF           C majorC
So swing around that old merry-go-round.
     FF         G+G
Give the wheel of fortune a whirl,
  C majorC   FF    C majorC    FF
The finest prize at Fakenham Fair
    C majorC   G+G    C majorC
Is the pretty carnival girl.