[Intro]
D
I was nineteen when I came to town
C
They called it the Summer of Love
G
They were burning babies, burning flags
C
The hawks against the doves
D C
I took a job in the steamie down on Cauldrum Street
G
And I fell in love with a laundry girl
C
Who was working next to me
Em G
Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
Em D C
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
Em G
She was a lost child, oh she was running wild
Em D C
She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay
Em D C
And you wouldn't want me any other way"
D C
Brown hair zig-zag around her face and a look of half-surprise
G
Like a fox caught in the headlights
C
There was animal in her eyes
D C
She said "Young man, oh can't you see I'm not the factory kind
G C
If you don't take me out of here I'll surely lose my mind"
Em G
Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
Em D C
So fine that I might crush her where she lay
Em G
She was a lost child, she was running wild
Em D C
She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay
Em D C
And you wouldn't want me any other way"
D
We was camping down the Gower one time
C
The work was pretty good
G
She thought we shouldn't wait for the frost
C
And I thought maybe we should
D
We was drinking more in those days
C
And tempers reached a pitch
G C
And like a fool I let her run with the rambling itch
D
And they say her flower is faded now
C
Hard weather and hard booze
G
But maybe that's just the price you pay
C
For the chains you refuse
Em G
Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
Em D C
So fine a breath of wind would blow her away
Em G
She was a lost child, She was running wild
Em D C
She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay
Em D C
And you wouldn't want me any other way"