Key: Bb major
Intro 1
E
B
E
B
E
B
E
Verse 1
E
B
Down in some lone valley
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B
In some lonesome place
E
B
Where the wild birds do whistle
E
And their notes do increase
B
Verse 2
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Farewell Pretty Saro
I bid you adieu
B
E
And I'll dream of Pretty
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E
B
Saro wherever I go
E
Oh I love Pretty Saro but
Verse 3
I understand
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E
She wants a freeholder and I have no land
I cannot maintain her on
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silver or gold
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Nor buy all the fine things that
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A big house can hold
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If I were a merchant and
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Could write a fine hand i'd write my love a
F#
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Letter that she'd understand
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E
But I'll wander by the river
Where the waters o'erflow
C#m
B
E
And I'll dream of Pretty Saro
B
E
wherever I go
Outro 1
B
E
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B F# C#m
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