Key: E minor•
Intro 1
Em
Asus4
Em
Asus4
D
Em
Asus4
Em
Verse 1
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A
The trees they grow tall,
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G
Bm
the grass is growing green;
Many a cold and winter night
A
Em
G
It is a cold and cruel night when I must lie alone,
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Bm
Em
but he is growing.
D
Em
Verse 2
Asus4
Em
Oh! father,
A
Em
G
dear father I think you done me wrong
Em
Bm
Em
one who is so young.
Em
G
and I am twenty- one.
Bm
A
Bm
The bonny boy is young but
D
Em
D
Verse 3
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A
Em
Oh! daughter, dear daughter,
A
Em
And he shall be a match for thee when
G
Bm
I am dead and gone.
He is young,
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Asus4
D
Em
D
but he is daily growing.
Verse 4
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A
Oh! father, dear father,
Em
G
I'll tell you what I'll do;
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G
I'll bind a ribbon blue,
D
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D
Verse 5
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A
A year it went by and
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G
I passed the college wall
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Em
And saw the young collegians
a- playing at the ball;
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G
the fairest of them all,
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D
Em
D
daily growing.
Verse 6
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A
Em
At the age of sixteen he was
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A
At the age of eighteen,
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G
Bm
his grave had all grown green;
And the death put an end to
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D
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D
his growing.
Verse 7
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A
I'll make my love a shroud
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G
Bm
of ornamental brown;
And whilst I am a making it,
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G
now he's lying low,
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A
Bm
And I'll nurse his bonny boy while
Em
Bm
he's growing.
Outro 1
Em
D
Em
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