I Care Not For These Ladies chords by Alfred Deller

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I  (G major) care not  (C major) for these ladies
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 (G major) that  (C major) must be wooed and  (G major) prayed,
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Give  (C major) me kind and horrendous,
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 (G major) the  (C major) wanton country  (G major) maid.
Nature ought to disdain,
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her beauty  (D minor) is her  (C major) own.
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How when we  (G major) court and  (F major) kiss,
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she cries for  (G major) sooth, let go,
But when we come where comfort is,
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She never will say  (C major) no.
If I love Amaryllis,
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 (G major) She  (C major) gives me fruit and  (G major) flowers,
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But if we love these  (C major) ladies,
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 (G major) We must give gold and showers.
Give them gold that sell love,
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Give me the night -brown  (C major) lass,
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When we  (G major) court and  (F major) kiss,
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she cries for  (G major) sooth, let go,
But when we come where comfort is,
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she never will say  (C major) no.
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These  (G major) ladies  (C major) must have pillows
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 (G major) and  (C major) beds by strangers  (G major) wrought,
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Give  (C major) me a bar of wil (G major) lows,
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of moss and  (C major) leaves un (G major) bought,
And fresh amaryllis
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with milk and honey  (C major) fed.
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When we  (G major) come to  (F major) kiss,
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she cries for sooth,  (G major) let go,
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But when we come where  (C major) comfort  (G major) is,
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she never will say  (C major) no.