Johnny Be Fair chords by Traditional Irish

Chords with lyrics

[Verse 1]

A minorAm                           G+G     A minorAm
Well, Johnny be fair and Johnny be fine and wants me for to wed
               E minorEm          G+G     E minorEm
And I would marry Johnny, but my father up and said
   A minorAm         E minorEm             G+G   E minorEm
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew
    A minorAm       G+G            C majorC     E minorEm  A minorAm
But Johnny is a son of mine and so he's kin to you


[Verse 2]

A minorAm                             G+G    A minorAm
Well, Jimmy be fair and Jimmy be fine and wants me for to wed
               E minorEm         G+G  E minorEm
And I would marry Jimmy, but my father up and said
   A minorAm         E minorEm             G+G    E minorEm
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew
    A minorAm          G+G            C majorC   E minorEm  A minorAm
But Jimmy, too, is a son of mine and so he's kin to you

[Verse 3]

A minorAm                            G+G    A minorAm
Well, Billy be fair and Billy be fine and wants me for to wed
               E minorEm        G+G  E minorEm
And I would marry Billy, but my father up and said
   A minorAm         E minorEm          G+G  E minorEm
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew
   A minorAm         G+G            C majorC   E minorEm  A minorAm
But Billy, too, is a son of mine and so he's kin to you


[Verse 4]

A minorAm                        G+G  A minorAm
You never seen a girl  so sad and sorry as I was
                 E minorEm          G+G   E minorEm
The boys in town are all my kin and my father is the pa
  A minorAm     E minorEm          G+G     E minorEm
If this does continue I shall die a single miss
  A minorAm       G+G            C majorC    E minorEm   A minorAm
I will go  to mother and complain to her of this


[Verse 5]

A minorAm                           G+G  A minorAm
Oh daughter, haven't I taught you to forgive and to forget
         E minorEm     G+G            E minorEm
Even if all  this is true still you needn't fret
    A minorAm         E minorEm    G+G      E minorEm
Your father may be father to all the boys in town,
    A minorAm              G+G    N.C.    A minorAm