Intro
F C F A# Gm
[Verse 1]
C F
Come all you fair and tender ladies
C Dm
Take warning how you court young men
C F Am
They're like a star on a cloudy morning
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First they'll appear and then they're gone
[Verse 2]
C F
They'll tell to you some loving story
C Dm
They'll swear to you their love is true
C F Am
Straightway they'll go and court another
A# F/A Gm
And that's the love they had for you
[Verse 3]
C F
Oh, don't you remember our days of courting?
C Dm
You told me that you love me the best
C F Am
You could make me believe by the fall of your eyes
A# F/A Gm
That the sun rose in the west
[Verse 4]
C F
If I had known before I courted
C Dm
That love was such a killing thing
C F Am
I'd lock my heart in a box of golden
A# F/A Gm
And fasten it with a silvery pin
[Verse 5]
C F
Come all you fair and tender ladies
C Dm
Take warning how you court young men
C F Am
They're like a star on a cloudy morning
A# F/A Gm
First they'll appear and then they're gone