Steeleye Span – The Old Maid In The Garrett (Guitar)

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[Intro] F Bb F Bb F Bb F [Verse]
F
I was told by my Aunt, I was told by my mother

     C                         F
That going to a wedding is the makings of another

      Bb                       F
Well, if this be so, then I'll go without a bidding

         Bb   F
Oh, kind Providence, won't you send me to a wedding
[Chorus]
              Bb   F
And it's, oh, dear me

            Bb
How will it be

     F
If I die an old maid

       C  F
In the garret
[Verse]
F
Now there's my sister Jean, she's not handsome or good looking

C                      F
Scarcely sixteen and a fella she was courting

                 Bb            F
Now she's twenty-four, she's a son and a daughter

           Bb    F
Here am I, forty-four and I've never had an offer
[Chorus]
              Bb   F
And it's, oh, dear me

            Bb
How will it be

     F
If I die an old maid

       C  F
In the garret
[Verse]
F
I can cook and I can sew, I can keep a house right tidy

C                          F
Rise up in the morning and get the breakfast ready

                        Bb              F
There's nothing in this wide world that makes my heart so cheery

         Bb  F
As a wee fat man to call me his own Deary
[Chorus]
              Bb   F
And it's, oh, dear me

            Bb
How will it be

     F
If I die an old maid

       C  F
In the garret
[Instrumental] F C F Bb F Bb F
    Bb   F      Bb  F    C  F
Oh, dear me
[Verse]
F
Oh, come landsman or come townsman, come tinker or come tailor

     C                          F
Come fiddler, come dancer, come ploughman or come sailor

                    Bb             F
Come rich man, come poor man, come fool or come witty

         Bb     F
Come any man at all, won't you marry out of pity?
[Chorus]
              Bb   F
And it's, oh, dear me

            Bb
How will it be

     F
If I die an old maid

       C  F
In the garret
[Chorus]
              Bb   F
And it's, oh, dear me

            Bb
How will it be

     F
If I die an old maid

       C  F  Dm  Bb  C
In the garret..........