G D   G   C   Am

[Verse 1]
             D               G
Come all you fair and tender ladies
             D                   Em
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
                 D                 Em
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?
            D                    Em
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


[Verse 4]
         D              G
If I had known before I courted
              D              Em
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
Come all you fair and tender ladies
             D                   Em
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