The Brown Girl

Em  D/F#  G  C
Em  D/F#  G  C
Em  D/F#  G  C

[Verse]
N.C.   Em   D         Em
I'm as brown as brown can be
                 D
My eyes are black as sloe
       G          D          C      G
I'm as brick as a night-time nightingale
   D      Em          C
As wild as the forest doe

[Verse]
Em         D     Em
My love was high and proud
            D
A fortune by his side
      G      D           C         G  D
But a fairer maiden than ever I'll be
           Em     C D Em D/F#
He took to be his bride....

[Verse]
   G
He sent me a letter of love
   D
He sent it from the town
   C                         G       D
He wrote to tell me that his love was lost
  Em             C
Because I was so brown

[Verse]
  G
I sent back his letter of love
   D
In anger I wrote down
     C                 G      D
Your love is wasted on such as me
  Em            C
Because I am so brown

[Chorus]
     G                                       C
I'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day
           G                   C
I'll do as much for you as any maiden may
     G                              B
I'll make you rue the very day that you were born
B
I'm a bonny brown girl

[Chorus]
     G                                       C
I'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day
           G                   C
I'll do as much for you as any maiden may
     G                              B
I'll make you rue the very day that you were born
B
I'm a bonny brown girl

[Verse]
N.C. Em         D           Em
I    heard not another word more
                        D
Until six months passed by
  G      D             C      G
A doctor said he had a broken heart
    D      Em       C
Without me he would die

[Verse]
  G
I went to his bedside
  D
I walked and never ran
  C                        G     D
I laughed so loud and then louder still
    Em          C
All at this lovesick man

[Chorus]
     G                                       C
I'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day
           G                   C
I'll do as much for you as any maiden may
     G                              B
I'll make you rue the very day that you were born
B
I'm a bonny brown girl

[Chorus]
     G                                       C
I'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day
           G                   C
I'll do as much for you as any maiden may
     G                              B
I'll make you rue the very day that you were born
B
I'm a bonny brown girl

[Instrumental]
Em  D  Em    D  G  D  C  G  D  Em  C
G   D   C  G  D  Em  C

[Verse]
N.C. Em         D         Em
I    prithee forget, said he
                     D
I prithee forget and forgive
    G        D         C      G
Oh, grant to me just a little space
     D        Em       C
That I may be well and live

[Verse]
     G
I'll dance upon your grave
    D
For twelve months and a day
       C                   G           D
You'll die for betraying a bonny brown girl
    Em              C
All on one summer's day

[Chorus]
     G                                       C
I'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day
           G                   C
I'll do as much for you as any maiden may
     G                              B
I'll make you rue the very day that you were born
B
I'm a bonny brown girl

[Chorus]
     G                                       C
I'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day
           G                   C
I'll do as much for you as any maiden may
     G                              B
I'll make you rue the very day that you were born
B
I'm a bonny brown girl