Fakenham Fair chords by Jon Boden

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I never really fell in love
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Till I went out to fake an affair
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I  chanced for the meet with a carnival girl
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I was selling my fortunes there
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Try for a lamp, or a Spanish soul,
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or a golden filigree
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But all the while her eyes were saying
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Oh, come take a chance on me
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So swing around,
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the merry -go -round
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Give the wheel a fortune of wool
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The finest prize at Faeclan Fair
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Is that pretty carnival girl
Her eyes were blue and her
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hair was brown
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And her lips, were soft and red
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And I'd never seen a shape like hers,
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had my eyes nearly popped from my head
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But I was young and innocent,
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oh but still even I could see
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The way that she smiled
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and winked my way,
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said come take a chance on me
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So swing around,
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the merry -go -round,
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give the wheel of fortune away
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The finest prize at Fakenham Fair
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is the pretty carnival girl
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The old boy said, she's not for you
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Now what will the old people think?
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But I took my chance
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and I won that girl
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Just as quick as an eye could wink
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And the finest day in all my life,
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whatever may come to pass
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Is the day that I went to Fakenham Fair,
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and I won me the carnival, alas
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So swing around, the merry -go -round,
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give the wheel of fortune a whirl
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The finest prize at Fakenham Fair
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Is the pretty carnival girl
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So swing around, the merry -go -round
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Give the wheel of fortune a whirl
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The finest prize that they confer
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Is the pretty carnival girl