The Carter Family – Two Sweethearts (Guitar)

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[Intro] G C G C G D G [Verse 1]
  G
A crowd of young fellas one night at a ball

     C                             G
Were telling of sweethearts they’d had

C                  G
All seemed jolly except one lad

    D                      G
Who seemed downhearted and sad

     G
Come join us Ned his comrades then said

C                          G
Surely some girl has loved you

     C                G
Then raising his head proudly he said

       D         G
I’m in love with two
[Chorus]
G
One has hair of silver gray

    C                      G
The other one is just like gold

C                G
One is young and youthful too

             D
The other is aged and old

    G
But dearer than life are they both to me

     C               G
From neither would I part

C                    G
One is my mother God bless her I love her

    D                    G
The other one is my sweetheart
[Instrumental] G C G C G D G [Verse 2]
   G
My sweetheart is a poor working girl

     C                 G
Whom I’m determined to wed

C                      G
Father says no it will never be so

         D
You must marry an heiress instead

G
Mother was young she knows how it is

     C                      G
When father met her she was poor

C                     G
Ned don’t fret she’ll be your wife yet

    D                    G
For he will consent I am sure
[Outro]
G
One has hair of silver gray

    C                      G
The other one is just like gold

C                G
One is young and youthful too

             D
The other is aged and old

    G
But dearer than life are they both to me

     C               G
From neither would I part

C                    G
One is my mother God bless her I love her

    D                    G
The other one is my sweetheart