Steeleye Span – The Brown Girl (Guitar)
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Chords
[Intro]
Em D/F# G C
Em D/F# G C
Em D/F# G C
[Verse]
N.C. Em D Em I'm as brown as brown can be D My eyes are black as sloe G D C G I'm as brick as a night-time nightingale D Em C As wild as the forest doe
[Verse]
Em D Em My love was high and proud D A fortune by his side G D C G D But a fairer maiden than ever I'll be Em C D Em D/F# He took to be his bride....
[Verse]
G He sent me a letter of love D He sent it from the town C G D He wrote to tell me that his love was lost Em C Because I was so brown
[Verse]
G I sent back his letter of love D In anger I wrote down C G D Your love is wasted on such as me Em C Because I am so brown
[Chorus]
G C I'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day G C I'll do as much for you as any maiden may G B I'll make you rue the very day that you were born B I'm a bonny brown girl
[Chorus]
G C I'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day G C I'll do as much for you as any maiden may G B I'll make you rue the very day that you were born B I'm a bonny brown girl
[Verse]
N.C. Em D Em I heard not another word more D Until six months passed by G D C G A doctor said he had a broken heart D Em C Without me he would die
[Verse]
G I went to his bedside D I walked and never ran C G D I laughed so loud and then louder still Em C All at this lovesick man
[Chorus]
G C I'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day G C I'll do as much for you as any maiden may G B I'll make you rue the very day that you were born B I'm a bonny brown girl
[Chorus]
G C I'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day G C I'll do as much for you as any maiden may G B I'll make you rue the very day that you were born B I'm a bonny brown girl
[Instrumental]
Em D Em D G D C G D Em C
G D C G D Em C
[Verse]
N.C. Em D Em I prithee forget, said he D I prithee forget and forgive G D C G Oh, grant to me just a little space D Em C That I may be well and live
[Verse]
G I'll dance upon your grave D For twelve months and a day C G D You'll die for betraying a bonny brown girl Em C All on one summer's day
[Chorus]
G C I'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day G C I'll do as much for you as any maiden may G B I'll make you rue the very day that you were born B I'm a bonny brown girl
[Chorus]
G C I'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day G C I'll do as much for you as any maiden may G B I'll make you rue the very day that you were born B I'm a bonny brown girl