Sawney is a Bonny Lad, Z. 412 chords by Henry Purcell

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Verse 1
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G 
 (D major) Sonny is a bonny, bonny  (G major) lad,
Em 
A 
But  (E minor) Sonny can't eat  (A major) well.
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G 
And  (D major) Sonny might a boon have  (G major) had,
E 
A 
But  (E major) Sonny loves to  (A major) tell.
D 
G 
 (D major) Sonny is a bonny, bonny  (G major) lad,
Em 
D 
A 
But  (E minor) Sonny  (D major) can't eat  (A major) well.
D 
G 
And  (D major) Sonny might a boon have  (G major) had,
E 
A 
But  (E major) Sonny loves to  (A major) tell.
G 
He whines that I'm  (G major) a love him soon,
D 
Em 
Bm 
 (D major) Kin lover (E minor) s now  (B minor) are rare.
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G 
A 
 (D major) But  (G major) I'd as leave  (A major) have none,
D 
G 
As one  (D major) whom twenty  (G major) -t
A 
D 
 (A major) wenty share.  (D major) 
G 
When, Annette, your love you  (G major) come,
Em 
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A  (E minor) soulie  (D major) were you to loo,
A 
D 
G 
 (A major) But  (D major) no, I seem to frown  (G major) and  gloom,
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A 
 (E major) I ne 'er could gain  (A major) from you.
D 
 (D major) When on that your love you come,
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Em 
D 
 (G major) A   (E minor) soulie were  (D major) you to loo,
G 
But no, I seem to frown  (G major) and gloom,
E 
A 
I ne  (E major) 'er could yank  (A major) from you,
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G 
F# 
Yet still my  (E major) tongue do  (G major) what I  (F sharp major) can
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F#sus4 
Bm 
With  (D major) marvel,  (F sharpsus4)  (B minor) denies.
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D 
A 
Ways  (G major) we, when  (D major) once we  (A major) like a man,
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A 
It  (D major) would'st not to be  (A major) wise.
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