Monday morning Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Dm] Early one mornin' one [E7] mornin' in [Am] spring
To [Dm] hear the birds [G7] whistle the [C] nightingales [E7] sing
I [Am] met a fair [G7] maiden who [Am] sweetly did [G7] sing
I'm [Am] going to be [Dm] married next [E7] Monday mor-[Am] nin’

[Dm] How old are you my [E7] fair young [Am] maid
[Dm] Here in this [G7] valley this [C] valley so [E7] green
[Am] How old are [G7] you my [Am] fair young [G7] maid
I'm [Am] goin' to be [Dm] sixteen next [E7] Monday mor-[Am] nin’

Well [Dm] sixteen years old, that's [E7] too young for to [Am] marry
So [Dm] take my ad-[G7] vice five years [C] longer to tar-[E7] ry
For [Am] marriage brings [G7] troubles and [Am] sorrows be-[G7] gin
So [Am] put off your [Dm] wedding for [E7] Monday mor-[Am] nin’

[Dm] You talk like a mad man, a [E7] man with no [Am] skill
Two [Dm] years I've been [G7] waiting a-[C] gainst my own [E7] will
[Am] Now I'm de-[G7] termined to [Am] have my own [G7] way
And [Am] I'm goin' to be [Dm] married next [E7] Monday mor-[Am] nin’

[Dm] Next Monday mornin' the [E7] bells they will [Am] ring
My [Dm] true love will [G7] buy me a [C] gay golden [E7] ring
[Am] Also he'll [G7] buy me a [Am] new pretty [G7] gown
To [Am] wear at my [Dm] wedding next [E7] Monday mor-[Am] nin’

[Dm] Next Monday night when [E7] I go to my [Am]bed
And [Dm] I turn [G7] round to the [C] man that I've [E7] wed
A-[Am] round his [G7] middle my [Am] two arms I will [G] fling
And I [Am] wish to my [Dm] soul it was [E7] Monday mor-[Am] nin’