Bonnie boy is young chords by Judy Collins

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
A 
The trees they  (E minor) grow  (A major) tall,
Em 
G 
Bm 
 (E minor) the grass is  (G major) growing  (B minor) green;
Many a cold and winter night
Em 
 (E minor) that I alone have been.
A 
Em 
G 
It is a cold and  (A major) cruel night  (E minor) when I must lie alone,  (G major) 
Bm 
 (B minor) 
Am 
The Bonny Boy is  (A minor) young,
Bm 
Em 
 (B minor) but he  (E minor) is growing.
D 
Em 
 (D major)  (E minor) 

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Verse 2
Asus4 
Em 
 (Asus4) Oh!  (E minor) father,
A 
Em 
G 
dear father  (A major) I  (E minor) think you done  (G major) me wrong
Bm 
To  (B minor) go and get me married to
Em 
Bm 
Em 
 (E minor) one who is  (B minor) so   (E minor) young.
A 
For he is only six (A major) teen years
Em 
G 
 (E minor) and I am twenty-  (G major) one.
Bm 
A 
Bm 
The  (B minor) bonny boy is young  (A major)  (B minor) but
Em 
he's  (E minor) growing.
D 
Em 
D 
 (D major)  (E minor)  (D major) 

Verse 3
Em 
A 
Em 
 (E minor) Oh! daughter, dear  (A major) daughter (E minor) ,
G 
I did not do  (G major) you wrong
Bm 
 (B minor) For I have married you to
Em 
 (E minor) a rich man's son
A 
Em 
And he shall be  (A major) a match for thee  (E minor) when
G 
Bm 
I am dead  (G major) and gone.  (B minor) 
He is young,
Em 
Asus4 
D 
Em 
D 
but he is daily  (E minor) growing.  (Asus4)  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major) 

Verse 4
Em 
A 
 (E minor) Oh! father, dear  (A major) father,
Em 
G 
I'll  (E minor) tell you what I'll  (G major) do;
Bm 
 (B minor) I'll send the boy to college for
Em 
 (E minor) an  other year or two;
A 
And all around his col (A major) lege cap,
Em 
G 
 (E minor) I'll bind a rib (G major) bon blue,
Bm 
 (B minor) For to let the ladies know
Em 
that he's  (E minor) married.
D 
Em 
D 
 (D major)  (E minor)  (D major) 

Verse 5
Em 
A 
 (E minor) A year it went by  (A major) and
Em 
G 
 (E minor) I   passed the college  (G major) wall
Bm 
Em 
 (B minor) And saw the young collegi (E minor) ans
a- playing at the ball;
A 
Amidst them was my own true  (A major) love,
Em 
G 
 (E minor) the fairest  (G major) of them all,
Bm 
 (B minor) He was young but he was
Em 
D 
Em 
D 
daily  (E minor) growing.  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major) 

Verse 6
Em 
A 
Em 
 (E minor) At the age of  (A major) sixteen  (E minor) he was
G 
a married  (G major) man,
Bm 
And at  (B minor) the age of seventeen
Em 
he was  (E minor) the father of a son,
Bm 
A 
At the age  (B minor) of  eighteen,  (A major) 
Em 
Bm 
G 
Bm 
his  (E minor) grave had  (B minor) all grown  (G major)  (B minor) green;
And the death put an end to
Em 
D 
Em 
D 
 (E minor) his growing.  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major) 

Verse 7
Em 
A 
 (E minor) I'll make my love a shroud  (A major) 
Em 
G 
Bm 
 (E minor) of ornamental  (G major)  (B minor) brown;
And whilst I am a making it,
Em 
the  (E minor) tears they will run down;
A 
For once I had my own  (A major) love,
Em 
G 
 (E minor) now he's ly (G major) ing low,
Bm 
A 
Bm 
And  (B minor) I'll nurse his bonny  (A major) boy  (B minor) while
Em 
Bm 
 (E minor) he's growing.  (B minor) 