Take Her Out of Pity Chords

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[Intro 1]
[A][D][Bm][G][A][D][Bm]
[Em][A]

[Verse 1]
I [D]had a sister [Bm]Sally,
she was [G]younger than [A]I am
[D]Had so [Bm]many sweethearts,
she [G]had [A]to deny them
But [D]as for sister [Bm]Sarah,
you [G]know she [A]hasn't many
And [D]if you knew [Bm]her heart,
she'd be [G]grateful for [A]any

[Verse 2]
Come a [D]landsman,
[Bm]a pinsman, a tin[G]ker or a tailor[A]
[D]Doctor, a [Bm]lawyer, [G]soldier or a [A]sailor
A [D]rich man, a [Bm]poor man, [G]a fool or a [A]witty
Don't [D]let her die an [Bm]old maid
but [G]take her out of [A]pity

[Verse 3]
We [D]had a sister [Bm]Sally,
she was [G]ugly and mis[A]shapen
[D]By the time she [Bm]was sixteen
years [G]old she was [A]taken
By the [D]time she was [Bm]eighteen,
a [G]son and a [A]daughter
[D]Sarah's almost [Bm]twenty- nine,
[G]Never had an of [A]fer

[Verse 4]
Come a [D]landsman,
[Bm]a pi[G]nsman, a tinker or a tai[A]lor
[D]Doctor, a [Bm]lawyer, [G]soldier or a [A]sailor
A [D]rich man, a [Bm]poor man, [G]a fool or a [A]witty
Don't [D]let her die an [Bm]old maid
but [G]take her out of [A]pity

[Verse 5]
She [D]never would [Bm]be scoldin',
she [G]never would be [A]jealous
Her [D]husband would have [Bm]money
to [G]go to the [A]alehouse
[D]He was there a spendin'[Bm]. she[G]'d
be home a sav[A]in'
[D]And I leave it up to [Bm]you if she [G]is not
worth [A]havin'

[Verse 6]
[D]Come a landsman,
[Bm]a pinsman, a tin[G]ker or a tai[A]lor
[D]Doctor, a [Bm]lawyer, sol[G]dier or a sail[A]or
A [D]rich man, a [Bm]poor man, a [G]fool or a [A]witty
Don't [D]let her die an [Bm]old maid but [G]take her out of [A]pity
[D][Bm]

[Interlude 1]
[Em][A][D][Bm][Em]
[A][D][Bm][G][A]

[Verse 7]
Don't [D]let her die an [Bm]old maid
[G]but take her [Bm]out of [D]pity