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Banks of the Roses[C] - Nathan Carter

[C] [C]

[Verse 1]
     C                    G       
When I was a young lad I heard me 
       C
father say,
      F           C              
That he'd rather see me dead,and 
  G            C
buried in the clay,
  F               C        G      
Sooner than be married to any run 
 Am
away,
         C            F          
By the lovely sweet banks of the 
 G C
roses.

[Chorus]
C                    G            
On the banks of the roses my love 
  C
and I sat down.
    F                C           G  
And I took out my fiddle for to play
            C
 my love a tune,
         F            C            
In the middle of the tune, me boy, 
      G             Am
she smiled and she said,
     C              F              
Oh Johnny, lovely Johnny don't you 
  G   C
leave me.
 
[Verse 2]
         C                     G   
Well now I am no run away and soon 
               C
I'll have you know,
     F                C             
That I can take the bottle, or I can
   G        C
 leave it alone,
             F            C         
And if her daddy doesn't like it, he
      G                 Am
 can keep his daughter home,
            C              F        
And young Johnny will go roving with
  G   C
another.
 
[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
C                            G      
When I am married, 'twill be in the 
          C
month of May,
           F               C        
When the leaves they are green, and 
      G               C
the meadows they are gay,
    F               C         G     
And me and my true love will sit and
            Am
sport and play.
         C            F          
By the lovely sweet banks of the 
 G C
roses.
 
[Chorus]
C                    G            
On the banks of the roses my love 
  C
and I sat down.
    F                C           G  
And I took out my fiddle for to play
            C
my love a tune,
         F            C            
In the middle of the tune, me boy, 
      G             Am
she smiled and she said,
     C              F              
Oh Johnny, lovely Johnny don't you 
  G   C
leave me.

[Outro]
     C              F              
Oh Johnny, lovely Johnny don't you 
  G   C
leave me.

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