Johnny Be Fair

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[Verse 1]
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Well, Johnny be fair and Johnny be 
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fine and wants me for to wed
And I would marry Johnny, but my 
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father up and said
    Am                           
I'm sad to tell you daughter what 
      G            E
your mother never knew
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But Johnny is a son of mine and 
       E      A
so he's kin to you

Am  G  F  E  Am

[Verse 2]
      Am                        
Well, Jimmy be fair and Jimmy be 
          G               Am
fine and wants me for to wed
And I would marry Jimmy, but my 
G             E
father up and said
    Am                           
I'm sad to tell you daughter what 
      G            E
your mother never knew
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    A                G            
But Jimmy, too, is a son of mine 
   F       E      A
and so he's kin to you

Am  G  F  E  Am

[Verse 3]
      Am                        
Well, Billy be fair and Billy be 
          G               Am
fine and wants me for to wed
And I would marry Billy, but my 
G             E
father up and said
    Am                           
I'm sad to tell you daughter what 
      G            E
your mother never knew
    A                G            
But Billy, too, is a son of mine 
   F       E      A
and so he's kin to you

Am  G  F  E

[Verse 4]
    Am                          
You never seen a girl so sad and 
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sorry as I was
The boys in town are all my kin and 
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my father is the cause
   Am                              
If life should thus continue I 
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shall die a single miss
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And, so, I'll go to mother and 
     F        E      A
complain to her of this

      Am  G  F  E  Am
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[Verse 5]
   Am                              
Oh daughter, haven't I taught you 
     G              Am
to forgive and to forget
And, if your father sowed his oats, 
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well, still you needn't fret
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Your father may be father to all 
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the boys in town and still
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He's not the one who sired you, so 
F     E        A
marry whom you will