[Intro]
G C D x4
G
[Verse]
C D
As I walked out on a midsummer's morning
G C D
For to view the fields and to take the air
G C D
Down by the banks of the sweet primroses
G C D G
There I beheld a most love lie fair
[Verse]
C D
Three short steps, I stepped up to her
G C D
Not knowing her as she passed me by
G C D
I stepped up to her, thinking for to view her
G C D G
She appeared to be like some virtuous bride
[Verse]
C D
I says, "Fair maid, where are you going
G C D
And what's the occasion of all your grief?
G C D
I will make you as happy as any lady
G C D G
If you will grant to me one small relief"
[Instrumental]
G C D x4
G
[Verse]
C D
"Stand off, stand off, you're a false deceiver
G C D
You are a false deceitful man, I know
G C D
'Tis you that has caused my poor heart to wander
G C D G
And in your comfort lies no refrain"
[Verse]
C D
"So I'll go down to some lonesome valley
G C D
Where no man on earth shall there me find
G C D
Where the pretty little small birds do change their voices
G C D G
And every moment blows blusterous wind"
[Verse]
C D
So come all young men who go a-sailing
G C D
Pray pay attention to what I say
G C D
For there's many a dark and a cloudy morning
G C D G
Turns out to be a sunshiny day
[Outro]
G C D G