Steeleye Span – The Brown Girl (Guitar)

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[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