Johnny Be Fair Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am][G][E][A][Esus4][E]
[A]Wel[Am]l,
Johnny be fair and Johnny be fine and [G]wants me for to [Am]wed
And I would marry Johnny,
but my [G]father up and said
[E]I'm sad[A] to tel[Am]l you daughter
what your [G]mother never [E]knew
But [A]Johnny is a [G]son of mine and [F]so he's
[E]kin to [A]you
[G][F][E]

[Verse 2]
[Am]
Well, Jimmy be fair and Jimmy be fine
and [G]wants me [Am]for to wed
And I would marry Jimmy,
but my [G]father [E]up and said
I'm [Am]sad to tell you daughter
what your [G]mother never [E]knew
But Jimmy, too, [A]is a [G]son of mine and
[F]so he's [E]kin to you[A]
[G][F]

[Verse 3]
[E][Am]
Well, Billy be fair and Billy be fine
and [G]wants me for to [Am]wed
And I would marry Billy,
but my [G]father up and [E]said
I'm [Am]sad to tell you daughter
what your [G]mother never knew
[Em]But Bill[A]y, too, is a son o[G]f mine and
[F]so he's [E]kin to [A]you[G][F]
[E]You nev[Am]er seen

[Verse 4]
a girl so
sad and [G]sorry as I was
[Am]The boys in town are all my
kin and my [G]father is the [E]pa
[Am]If this continue I shall
[G]die a single [Em]miss[E]
[A]So I'll go to [G]mother and com[F]plain to
[E]her of [A]this
[G][F]

[Verse 5]
[E][Am]
Oh daughter,
haven't I taught you to for[G]give and to for[Am]get
Even if this all is true,
[G]still you needn't [E]fret
Your [Am]father may be father to all
the [G]boys in town, [Em]still
[E]He's [A]not the one who [G]sired
you, so [F]marry [E]who you [A]will