Someone To Watch Over Me chords by Robin Greenstein

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Once in the street,
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this fair maid was beautiful
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Once in the street,
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this fair maid was gay
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First to the alehouse
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and then to the dancehouse
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Then to the whorehouse
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and then to the grave
Oh beat your drums loudly
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and play the fife mer      rily
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Play the dead march as you
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bear me along
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Take me to the graveyard
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and throw the dirt over     me
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I'm a young girl and I
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know I've done wrong
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As I walked by St. James's Hospital,
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St. James's Hospital,
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early one day, there I spied my own
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darling daughter,
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wrapped in white linen
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and cold as the clay.
Mother, dear mother,
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come sit down beside me,
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sit down beside me,
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and pity my case.
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My poor heart is aching,
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my poor heart is breaking,
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I feel so forsaken, I surely must die.
Oh, beat your drums loudly
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and play the fife mer      rily,
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play the dead march as
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you bear me alone.
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Take me to the graveyard
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and throw the dirt     over me,
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I'm a young girl and I know I've
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Get three gay gamblers
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To carry off my body
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three pretty maids
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To sing me a song, each in their hand
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Hold a bunch of green roses
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So they can't smell me as
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they bear me along
Oh, beat your drums loudly
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And play the fife merrily
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Play the dead march
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As you wear me out long,
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take me to the graveyard
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and throw the dirt over     me.
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I'm a young girl and I know
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I've done wrong.
Once in the street,
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this fair maid was beautiful.
Once in the street,
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this fair maid was gay.
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First to the alehouse,
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then to the dancehouse,
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then to the whorehouse,
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then to the grave.
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