Fair and Tender Ladies Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][Am][Dm][F][C]

[Verse 1]
Come [C]all
ye fair and tender ladies
Take warning how you
court [G]your men
They're like a [Dm]star on a cloudy [C]morning
First they'll [Dm]appear [F]and then
[Dm]they[C]'re gone

[Verse 2]
They'll [C]tell to you some loving story
They'll swear to you their
[G]love is true
[Dm]Straight way they'll go and court [C]another
And [Dm]that's [F]the love
that they had for you

[Verse 3]
Oh don't you [Dm]remember
our days of courting
You [C]told me that you would
love [Dm]me the [F]best
You [Dm]could make [C]me believe
by the fall of your eyes
That the sun rose in the west

[Verse 4]
If [C]I had known before I courted
That love [G]was such a killing thing
I'd lock my [Dm]heart in a box of golden
And fasten it with a silver pin
I wish I was [C]a

[Verse 5]
little sparrow
And I had wings and I could [Dm]fly
[F]I'd fly right home to [C]my false true lover
And when he'd ask, I would deny

[Verse 6]
[C]But I am not some little sparrow
I've no wings and I can't fly
[G]So I'll stay right here with
my grief [Dm]and sorrow
And let my life pass me by
Come [C]all ye fair and

[Verse 7]
tender ladies
[Dm]Take[F] warni[C]ng how you
court your men
They're like a star on
[Dm]a cl[F]oudy morning
[C]First they'll appear and
then they're gone