Fairport Convention – Three Drunken Maidens chords

[Verse]
      G                  C  G                  D       GThere were three drunken maidens, lived on the Isle of Wight
                       C               G         D        GThey drank from Monday morning, didn't stop till Saturday night
     Am                                      G                   DWhen Saturday night came round, me boys, the girlies wouldn't go out
G                   C  Bm        G           D    GThese three drunken maidens kept pushing the jug about

[Verse]
                       C  G                 D        GThen in comes bouncing Sally with a face as red as a bloom
                   C            G         D          G"Move up, me jolly sisters, and give your Sally some room
    Am                   G                 DFor I'll be your equal before the night is out"
   G                C  Bm         G          D    GSo now four drunken maidens, they pushed the jug about

[Verse]
                       C         G   D         GThere was woodcock and pheasant, partridge and hare
                  C                G     D      GAnd every kind of pie, me boys, no scarcity was there
       Am                                  G               DThey'd forty quarts of beer all told, they fairly drunk it up
G                  C  Bm       G          D    GThese four drunken maidens who pushed the jug about

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[Verse]
     G            C                 G       D       GThen in comes the landlord and he's looking for his pay
                       C                G        D      G"I've a bill for forty knicker that you lot have got to pay"
     Am                       G                      DThey hadn't got the money and still they wouldn't go out
G                  C  Bm        G           D    GThese four drunken maidens kept pushing the jug about

[Verse]
    G              C         G                  D         GNow where are your feathered hats, your mantles crisp and fine?
                            C               G        D       G"They've all been swallowed up, me boys, in tankards of good wine"
    Am                              G                  DAnd where are your maidenheads, you maids so brisk and gay?
    G                C      Bm        G          D      G"We left them in the public house, we drank them clean away"

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