C   G   C   G

[Verse 1]
            D              G
Come all ye fair and tender ladies
     C       D       Em    C
Take warning how you court young men
        D      G                Bm
They're like a star on a cloudy morning
                C        G/B     Am
First they'll appear and then they're gone


[Verse 2]
                D               G
They'll tell to you some loving story
        C        D         Em      C
They'll swear to you their love is true
        D           G             Bm
Straightway they'll go and court another
               C         G/B     Am
And that's the love they had for you


[Verse 3]
                D                  G
Oh, don't you remember our days of courting?
    C       D        Em          C
You told me that you love me the best
          D         G                         Bm
You could make me believe by the fall of your eyes
         C        G/B    Am
That the sun rose in the west


[Instrumental]
C   G   C   G  (2x)


[Verse 4]
         D              G
If I had known before I courted
     C        D      Em  C
That love was such a killing thing
    D       G                 Bm
I'd lock my heart in a box of golden
          C          G/B    Am
And fasten it with a silvery pin


[Verse 5]
         D            G
I wish I was a little sparrow
    C     D         Em      C
And I had wings and I could fly
        D     G                     Bm
I'd fly right home to my false true lover
              C      G/B     Am
And when he'd ask, I would deny


[Verse 6]
         D               G
But I am not some little sparrow
    C       D         Em      C
And I've no wings and I can't fly
        D          G                      Bm
So I'll stay right here with my grief and sorrow
           C        G/B     Am
And let my troubles pass me by


[Verse 7]
            D              G
Come all ye fair and tender ladies
     C       D       Em    C
Take warning how you court young men
        D      G                Bm
They're like a star on a cloudy morning
                C        G/B     Am
First they'll appear and then they're gone


[Verse 8]
            D              G
Come all ye fair and tender ladies
     C       D       Em    C
Take warning how you court young men
        D      G                Bm
They're like a star on a cloudy morning
                C        G/B     Am
First they'll appear and then they're gone