The Brown Girl

	  		
Intro 
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 

     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 


     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 

     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 
 
     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 

     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 

     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