The Kingston Trio – Take Her Out Of Pity (Guitar)

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[Intro] Eb Cm Ab Bb Eb Cm Ab Bb [Verse]
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I had a sister Sally, she was younger than I am

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Had so many sweethearts, she had to deny them

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But as for sister Sarah, you know she hasn't many

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And if you knew her heart, she'd grateful for any
[Chorus]
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Come a landsman, a pins-man, a tinker or a tailor

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Doctor, a lawyer, a soldier or a sailor

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A rich man, a poor man, a fool or a witty

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Don't let her die an old maid, but take her out of pity
[Verse]
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We had a sister Sally, she was ugly and misshapen

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By the time she was sixteen years old, she was taken

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By the time she was eighteen, a son and a daughter

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Sarah's almost twenty-nine, never had an offer
[Chorus]
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Come a landsman, a pins-man, a tinker or a tailor

Eb        Cm        Ab           Bb
Doctor, a lawyer, a soldier or a sailor

  Eb          Cm          Ab        Bb
A rich man, a poor man, a fool or a witty

      Eb             Cm            Ab              Bb
Don't let her die an old maid, but take her out of pity
[Verse]
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She never would be scoldin', she never would be jealous

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Her husband would have money to go to the alehouse

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He was there a-spending', she'd be home a-savin'

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And I leave it up to you, if she is not worth havin'
[Chorus]
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Come a landsman, a pins-man, a tinker or a tailor

Eb        Cm        Ab           Bb
Doctor, a lawyer, a soldier or a sailor

  Eb          Cm          Ab        Bb
A rich man, a poor man, a fool or a witty

      Eb             Cm            Ab              Bb
Don't let her die an old maid, but take her out of pity
[Instrumental] Eb Cm Ab Bb Eb Cm Ab Bb Eb Cm Ab Bb [Outro]
      Eb             Cm            Ab              Bb
Don't let her die an old maid, but take her out of pity