The Pretty Maid Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
It [Am]was on a [G]fine
summer's [Em]morning
The [Am]birds sweetly [Em]tune on each [Am]bough
And as I walked [G]out for my [Em]pleasure
I [Am]saw a maid m[Em]ilking a c[Am]ow

[Verse 2]
Her [C]voice was so enchanting, me[F]lodious
[C]Left me quite unable to [F]go[Em][Dm]
My [Em]heart, it was [Am]loaded with [Em]sorrow
For the [Am]pretty [Em]maid milking her
[Am]cow

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 3]
Then [Am]to her I ma[Em]de my advances
"Good [Am]morrow most [Em]beautiful [Am]maid
Your beauty my [Em]heart so entrances"
"Pray [Am]sir do not b[Em]anter," she [Am]said

[Verse 4]
"I'm [C]not such a rare precious [F]jewel
That [C]I should enamour you s[F]o[C][Em][Dm]
I [Em]am but a p[Am]oor little m[Em]ilk girl,"
Says [Am]the pretty maid [Em]milking
her [Am]cow

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 5]
The [Am]Indies af[Em]ford no such jewel
So [Am]bright, so [G]transparently [F]clear[Em]
I [Am]do not add t[Em]hings to my funeral
Con[Am]sent but to know me [Em]my de[Am]ar

[Verse 6]
Oh, [C]had I the Lamp of Alad[F]din
Or the [C]wealth that gold mines can be[F]stow
[Dm]I'd rath[Em]er be poor[Am] in a cottage[Em]
With [Am]the pretty girl milk[Em]ing her c[Am]ow.

[Outro 1]
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