The Corries – My Dear Only Love (Guitar)

    D             G        D
My dear and only Love, I pray

          G      A         D
    What little world o' thee

    D             G       D
Be govern'd by no other sway

         D            A
    But purest monarchy;

    D             G     D
For if confusion has a part,

           D                A
    Which virtuous souls abhor,

      D           G       D
I'll hold a synod in my heart,

         G     A         D
    And never love thee more.

     D         G        D
Like Alexander I would reign,

        G        A      D
    And I would reign alone,

     D                 G       D
My thoughts still evermore disdain

       D             A
    A rival on my throne.

   D                 G        D
He either fears his fate too much,

        D                A
    Or his deserts are small,

      D                G      D
That dares not put it to the touch

        G       A      D
    To gain or lose it all.

    D             G       D
And in the empire of thy heart,

          G        A      D
    Where I would solely be,

   D             G      D
If others do pretend a part

       D                A
    O dare to vie with me;

   D              G    D
Or if confusion thou erect,

         D             A
    And go on such a score,

      D                  G     D
I'll laugh and sing at thy neglect,

         G     A         D
    And never love thee more.

    D                G         D
But if thou wilt be faithful then,

         G       A       D
    And constant o' thy word,

      D                G     D
I'll make thee famous by my pen

          D              A
    And glorious by my sword:

      D                  G     D
I'll serve thee in such noble ways

        D             A
    as never heard before;

       D                 G         D
I'll crown and deck thee all with bays,

         G        A    D
    And love thee evermore.