Key: G# minor•
Verse 1
E
F#
As I was going down the road
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G#m
one fine morning,
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G#m
oh the brown an d the yellowing,
I met with a young man
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E
D#m
without any warning,
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G#m
E
G#m
F#
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B
Oh, love of my heart
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B
E
G#m
He asked me if the woman
E
F#
by my side
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E
G#m
Oh, the brown an d the
yellow hair.
When I said she was my wife,
E
F#
B
well, it's a did not alter.
E
G#m
B
Oh, love of my heart.
G#m
B
E
G#m
G#
He asked me if I'd lend her
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F#
for an hour and a day.
E
G#
Oh the brown and the yellow ale
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G#
B
you may take her away
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E
B
F#
D#m
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B
Oh love of my heart
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B
E
F#
She said, you take the high road,
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B
and I'll take off with him.
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E
G#m
Oh, the brown and the yellow ale,
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G#m
E
an d we'll meet again by
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B
that fort on the river.
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E
G#
G#m
B
Oh, love of my heart
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E
I waited by that fort
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B
for an hour and a quarter
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G#m
G#
Oh, the brown and the yellow ale,
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E
B
it was without shame I saw her,
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E
F#
B
G#m
B
Oh, love of my heart
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E
F#
She told me her story
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F#
B
I lay down and I died
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E
G#m
G#
Oh, the brown and the yellow ale
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B
oh, she never even cried.
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D#m
F#
B
G#m
B
F#
Oh, love of my heart.
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F#
Aboard of Alder, and aboard of Olive,
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E
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G#
O the brown and the yellow wave,
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E
G#m
E
Are two greater yards of a
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B
D#m
shroud all about me,
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G#m
O love of my heart.
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B
E
And if my old little mother,
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B
she had never been a woman,
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G#m
Oh, the brown and the yel low hair,
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B
Song about the wo men
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G#
F#
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Oh, love of my heart
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE F# B G#m D#m...
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