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[Verse 1]
            E
One evening fair to take the air
     D       A    E
Down by blackwaterside
          F#m         G#m
And gazing all around me
     D        A     E
This handsome lad I spied, spied
     D        A     E
This handsome lad I spied


[Verse 2]
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All through the foremost part of the night
         D      A         E
While we lay in sport and play
                  F#m
And this young man arose
                    G#m
And he gathered his clothes
         D          A    E
He said, "Fair thee well today"
         D          A    E
He said, "Fair thee well today"


[Verse 3]
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That's not the promise that you gave to me
         D             A     E
When you first you lay on my breast
                F#m                     G#m
You can make me believe with your lying tongue
         D        A      E
That the sun rose in the west, the west
         D        A      E
That the sun rose in the west

[Interlude]
F#m    E
F#m    E


[Verse 4]
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Then go home, go home to your father's garden
   D        A         E
Go home and weep your fill
                  F#m         G#m
And think of your own misfortune
         D                 A      E
That you brought with your wanton will
         D                 A      E
That you brought with your wanton will


[Verse 5]
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There's not a girl in the whole wide world
     D      A        E
More easily led than me
                     F#m                  G#m
When the fishes they fly and the seas run dry
     D          A     E
'Tis then he'll marry me, he'll marry me
     D          A     E
'Tis then he'll marry me
     D          A     E
'Tis then he'll marry me
     D          A     E
'Tis then he'll marry me

[Outro]
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F#m    E (x2)