G G/B F C
I wonder what's keeping my true love tonight
F G Am F Am
I wonder what's keeping her out of my sight
F G Am F Am
It is little she knows of the pain that I endure
G Am G G/B F C F
Or she would not stay from me this night, I am sure
[Verse 2]
G Am G G/B F C
Oh love, are you coming, your cause to advance?
F G Am F Am
Oh love, are you waiting for a far better chance?
F G Am F Am
Or have you got a sweetheart laid by you in store?
G Am G G/B F C F
And you're coming to tell me that you love me no more?
[Verse 3]
G Am G G/B F C
Oh love, I'm not coming, my cause to advance
F G Am F Am
And love, I'm not waiting for a far better chance
F G Am F Am
But I have got a sweetheart laid by me in store
G Am G G/B F C F
And I'm coming to tell you that I love you no more
[Verse 4]
G Am G G/B F C
For 'tis I can love lightly, 'tis I can't love long
F G Am F Am
And 'tis I can love the old love, 'til the new love comes along
F G Am F Am
I just said that I loved you, for to set your mind at ease
G Am G G/B F C
But when I'm far from you, I'll love whom I please
[Instrumental]
C F G/B F G
C F G/B F G
G/B Am F G
Am Am7 F G F G F G
[Verse 5]
G Am G G/B F C
Well, I've gold in my pocket and I've love in my heart
F G Am F Am
But I can't love a maiden who has got two sweethearts
F G Am F Am
Your love, it lies as lightly as the dew upon a thorn
G Am G G/B F C F
Comes down in the evening, goes away in the morn
[Verse 6]
G Am G G/B F C
Green grass, it grows bonny, spring water runs clear
F G Am F Am
I am weary and lonesome for the love of my dear
F G Am F Am
You're my first and false true love and 'tis lately I knew
G Am G G/B F Am F C
That the fonder that I loved you, the falser you grew
