{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2165843,"song":"Pretty Saro","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11465771-pretty-saro-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2165843?type=chord","rating":4.67799,"votes":13,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen I first come to this country in eighteen and forty-nine[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI saw many fair lovers but I never saw mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI viewed it all around me, saw I was quite alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd me a poor stranger and a long way from home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, my true love she won't have me and it's this I understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor she wants some free holder and I have no land[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI couldn't maintain her on silver and gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut all of the other fine things that my love's house could hold.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFare thee well to ol' Mother, fare thee well to my Father, too[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm going for to ramble this wide world all through[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when I get weary, I'll sit down and cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd think of my Saro, pretty Saro, my bride.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, I wished I was a turtledove, had wings and could fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFar away to my lover's lodgings, tonight I'd draw nigh[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd there in her lily-white arms I'd lay there all night[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd watch through them little winders for the dawning of light.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]","chords":["G","Am","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}