Fairport Convention – If I Had A Ribbon Bow (Guitar)

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Released on a 45 rpm single in 1968 A Eb Ab D Eb A Db B E
Am            D          
If I had ribbon bow to tie my hair

A                        D
And a gown of calico for me to wear

B                 E           B           E    
I'd surely get a sweetheart, a prince or a king

A              B                 E
A palace home where I could have everything

Am            D       A          D
If I had a ribbon bow to tie my hair

Am                 D             A           Dm 
This old world could come and go, I wouldn't care

B            E          B        E
I'd stay up in my castle and I'd always wear

E         A           Bm        A
A ribbon bow so fine to tie my hair

  D               A         C        A
All the live long day to the Lord above me

C       A          Am    C     Em 
All I do is pray for someone to love me

Am             D     A          D
If I had ribbon bow all nice and clean

A            D       A        D
I could be a princess or a fairy queen

D     B           E                B                E
Prince Charming then would court me, his love he would swear

A             Bm           A
If I had a ribbon bow to tie my hair
G F A# A G F A#
A                           D
There's a story of a girl, a story seldom told

Gm        C                         Gm            C
What she wanted from this world was not of gems or gold

C           F                    E
Her wishes were quite plain as you will see

F                           E
For often she would simply make this plea

A              D           Am        F#m 
All the live long day to the Lord above me

D       A    D       Am     Bbm     Eb 
All I do is pray for someone to love me

Bbm         Eb      Bbm         Eb
If I had ribbon bow all nice and clean

Bbm           Eb       Bbm       Eb
I could be a princess or a fairy queen

Eb            C            F             Cm           F
Prince Charming then would court me, his love he would swear

Bbm           Cm 
If I had a ribbon bow

Cm             Bbm
A pretty little ribbon bow

Cm           Bbm        Cm    Bbm     Cm          Bbm  Cm 
Prince Charming then would court me, his love he would swear

                                      Bb Eb Db  Eb
If I had a ribbon bow to tie my hair