Misc Traditional

All Around My Hat(Chords)

Misc Traditional

Key: C

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	        verse 1 
   C    G       C                        G 
My love she was fair and my love she was kind  
    C         G         C                   D    G       
And cruel the judge and jury that sentenced her away 
 G                 C              F           Am 
For thieving was a thing that she never was inclined to  
     C       G     C                          G      C      
They sent my love across the sea ten thousand miles away 
  
C G C G All around my hat I will wear the green willow C G C D G All around my hat for a year and a day C F Am And if anyone should question me the reason for my wearing it C G C G C I'll tell them that my own true love is ten thousand miles away
verse 2 C G C G I bought my love a golden ring to wear upon her finger C G C D G A token of our own true love and to remember me G C F Am And when she returns again we never will be parted C G C G C We'll marry and be happy for ever and a day.
> C G C G All around my hat I will wear the green willow C G C D G All around my hat for a year and a day C F Am And if anyone should question me the reason for my wearing it C G C G C I'll tell them that my own true love is ten thousand miles
verse 3 C G C G Seven seven long years my love and I are parted C G C D G Seven seven long years my love is bound to stay G C F Am Seven long years I'll love my love and never be false hearted C G C G C And never sigh or sorrow while she's far far away
C G C G All around my hat I will wear the green willow C G C D G All around my hat for a year and a day C F Am And if anyone should question me the reason for my wearing it C G C G C I'll tell them that my own true love is ten thousand miles away
verse 4 C G C G Some young men there are who are preciously deceitful C G C D G A-coaxing of the fair young maids they mean to lead astray G C F Am As soon as they deceive them so cruelly they leave them C G C G C I'll love my love forever though she's far far away
C G C G All around my hat I will wear the green willow C G C D G All around my hat for a year and a day C F Am And if anyone should question me the reason for my wearing it C G C G C I'll tell them that my own true love is ten thousand miles away

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