Misc Traditional – Johnny Be Fair (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
      Am                                    G               Am
Well, Johnny be fair and Johnny be fine and wants me for to wed

                  Em                    G      Em
And I would marry Johnny, but my father up and said

    Am              Em                        G     Em
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew

    Am          G               C       Em     Am
But Johnny is a son of mine and so he's kin to you
[Verse 2]
      Am                                  G               Am
Well, Jimmy be fair and Jimmy be fine and wants me for to wed

                  Em                   G      Em
And I would marry Jimmy, but my father up and said

    Am              Em                        G     Em
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew

    Am               G               C       Em     Am
But Jimmy, too, is a son of mine and so he's kin to you
[Verse 3]
      Am                                  G               Am
Well, Billy be fair and Billy be fine and wants me for to wed

                  Em                   G      Em
And I would marry Billy, but my father up and said

    Am              Em                        G     Em
I'm sad to tell you daughter what your mother never knew

    Am               G               C       Em     Am
But Billy, too, is a son of mine and so he's kin to you
[Verse 4]
    Am                              G          Am
You never seen a girl    so sad and sorry as I was

                     Em                G             Em
The boys in town are all my kin and my father is the pa

Am              Em                  G      Em
If this does continue I shall die a single miss

Am           G             C        Em     Am
I will go to mother and complain to her of this
[Verse 5]
   Am                                   G              Am
Oh daughter, haven't I taught you to forgive and to forget

               Em                     G       Em
Even if all    this is true still you needn't fret

     Am            Em                G       Em
Your father may be father to all the boys in town, but still,

     Am              G             C     Em      Am
He's not the one who sired you, so marry who you will