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