Key: G major•
Verse 1
D
G
D
that was younger than I am.
Em
Am
D
she had to deny them.
G
Em
But as for my own part,
Am
D
I never had many.
D
G
D
I'd be thankful for any.
G
C
Come a landsman, a pinsman,
G
D
a tinker or a tailor,
G
Em
Fiddler or a dancer,
Am
D
a plowboy or a sailor,
G
Em
A gentleman or a poor man,
Am
D
a fool or a witty,
G
D
Please don't let me die an old maid,
G
D
but take me out of pity.
D
G
D
that was ugly and ill -shapen,
G
Em
Before she was sixteen years old.
G
D
She was a takin'
G
Em
before she was eighteen
Am
D
A son and a daughter,
G
Am
here I'm seven -and -forty
D
G
D
And never had a lover
G
C
come a landsman, a pinsman
G
D
A tinker or a tailor,
G
Em
fiddler or a dancer
Am
D
A plow -boy or a sailor,
G
Em
a gentleman or a poor man,
Am
D
A fool or a witty,
G
Am
don't you let me die an old maid,
D
G
D
Please take me out of pity.
D
G
D
and I never will be jealous,
Em
D
to go to the ale -house,
G
Em
And while he's there a -spendin'
Am
D
I'll be home a -savin'
G
Am
And I'll leave it to the world
D
G
D
If I'm not worth a -havin'
G
C
Come landsman, pinsman
G
D
A -tinker or a -tailor
G
Em
A -fiddler or a -dancer
Am
D
A -plowboy or a -sailor
G
Em
A gentleman or a poor man,
Am
D
a fool or a witty
G
Am
D
Don't you let me die an old maid
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG D Em Am C
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