False Lover John Chords

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[Verse 1]
[A]False lover John, he courted me
For every hour in the day.
He courted me to such a degree
That I hadn't a word to say.
It's take you all of your father's gold
and all of your mother[D]'s money
[A]And steal the keys of[G]
your [A]father's stable
and thirty steeds and three
And she has stolen her father's gold
and all of her mother's money
And the keys [G]of her father[A]'s stable
and thirty steeds and three
And they have mounted
ten milk -white steeds
Rode [G]on by [D]the clear [A]silvery
light of the moon
Until they [G]reached the banks of the [A]river
And there [Em]they [A]did get
[D]down[A]
[D][G][Em][G]
[A]Lie you down, Miss Mickalene,
[D]this night along [Em]with [A]me
For it's here [G]I kill sev
[D]en king[A]s' daughters,
the [Em]eighth one will be [D]thee
We'll [A]turn you round,
False John, she said,
And [D]view the green leaves on the [A]tree,
It's ill [G]because a learned man,
[A]A nak[Em]ed maid, t[A]o see.[D]
[A]False lover Chang, he turned around
To [D]view the green leaves on the [A]tree
She threw [G]her arms [D]around [A]his waist
And [Em]flung him into the [D]sea
It's [A]there you lie, false Chang, she said
Till [D]death it comes to [A]thee
For you taught to [G]kill me as [D]I w[A]as born
And [Em]take my [A]clothes from [D]me[G][A]
[G][A]
[G][A][D][A][G]
[A][G][A][G][A]
[D]Oh, [A]reach in your gentle hand
And take me [G]to dry [A]land
And every [G]vow that [F#m]I have made[Em]
I'll double it [A]all in [D]one
[A]She has mounted her milkwhite steed
Rode on [D]by the clear sil[G]very light of [A]the
Until she [G]reached her [D]father[A]'s castle,
un[Em]less she [A]did get [D]down
[A]She put the steed all into the stable,
the [D]money to where [A]it lay
And there wasn't [G]a lord
in [D]all of [A]the castle,
new [Em]make -a -ling [A]was [D]away[A][D][A][G][D][A][Em][D]
[A]
[D][A][G][F#m]
[A][Em][G]
Thank you very much. you