Peter Bellamy – Fakenham Fair chords

[Verse 1]
  C     F      C       F           C          F        CI never really fell in love till I went up to Fakenham Fair
G     C              F           C        F      C           G       CAnd I chanced for to meet with a carnival girl a-selling the chances there
  F                     C                  F          GI tried for a lamp or a Spanish shawl or a golden filigree
    C       F         C         F            C           G         CBut all the while her eyes were saying, “Oh! Come take a chance on me.”

[Chorus]
   F                CSo swing around the merry-go-round.
         F                  GGive the wheel of fortune a whirl,
        C      F        C        FFor the finest prize at Fakenham Fair
       C      G        CIs the pretty carnival girl.

[Verse 2]
    C         F         C           F             C              F        CHer eyes were blue, her hair it was brown and her lips they were soft and red
G     C          F          C     F           C              G              CAnd a shape like hers I had never seen and my eyes well they popped from my head
    F               C                  F            GBut I was young and innocent but still even I could see
         C       F           C             F             C           G         CThat the way she laughed and she winked my way it said, “Come take a chance on me.”

[Chorus]
   F                     CSo swing around that old merry-go-round.
         F                  GGive the wheel of fortune a whirl,
    C      F        C        FThe finest prize at Fakenham Fair
       C      G        CIs the pretty carnival girl.

[Verse 3]
    C         F          C         F             C             F          CThe old folks said, “She ain't for you, boy, oh, what will the old people think?”
G     C       F          C          F            C           G         CBut I took my chance and I won that girl just as quick as an eye could wink
        F                C            F                GAnd the very best day in all my life, whatever come to pass,
        C          F          C        F          C        G        CWas the day that I went up to Fakenham Fair and I won me a carnival lass.

[Chorus]
   F                     CSo swing around that old merry-go-round.
         F                  GGive the wheel of fortune a whirl,
    C      F        C        FThe finest prize at Fakenham Fair
       C      G        CIs the pretty carnival girl.