Chords for Pretty Saro
Tempo:
81.4 bpm
Chords used:
D
Dm
G
Bb
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I came to this country in [D] 1849
I saw many true loves, [G] but never [B] saw mine
[D] I feel old [Dm] and [Bm] [D]
I
and me a poor soldier and far from my home
It's not the long journey [G] I'm dreading to [Dm] [D] go
No leave your country for [Dm] the debts that [D] I owe
There's nothing [Dm] but griefs me, [G] no troubles for [D] me
[Bm] Like leaving [G] pretty [D]
Sarah, my [Bb] darling, [D] behind
[Dm] [D]
I wish I was a poet that [A] could write a pine [D] hand
I'd write my love a [Dm] letter [G] that she could [D] understand
[Eb] [Dm]
I'd send it by the [G] river waters over [B] me
[D]
And I'd think of pretty [G] Sarah wherever I [D] go
[Bb]
[D] [D]
[Dm] [D] [Em] [D]
[Dm]
[Bb] [D]
[B] [Bb]
[Dm] [D]
[F] [D]
[C] [G] [Gb] [Eb]
[D]
Farewell my dear mother, [G] likewise father [Dm] too
I've been far [G] and through [D] this country all [Dm] through
But [D] when I'm to [G] you, [Dm] I'll sit down and cry
And [G] think on pretty [D]
Sarah, which is [Dm] in [G] my eyes
[D]
I saw many true loves, [G] but never [B] saw mine
[D] I feel old [Dm] and [Bm] [D]
I
and me a poor soldier and far from my home
It's not the long journey [G] I'm dreading to [Dm] [D] go
No leave your country for [Dm] the debts that [D] I owe
There's nothing [Dm] but griefs me, [G] no troubles for [D] me
[Bm] Like leaving [G] pretty [D]
Sarah, my [Bb] darling, [D] behind
[Dm] [D]
I wish I was a poet that [A] could write a pine [D] hand
I'd write my love a [Dm] letter [G] that she could [D] understand
[Eb] [Dm]
I'd send it by the [G] river waters over [B] me
[D]
And I'd think of pretty [G] Sarah wherever I [D] go
[Bb]
[D] [D]
[Dm] [D] [Em] [D]
[Dm]
[Bb] [D]
[B] [Bb]
[Dm] [D]
[F] [D]
[C] [G] [Gb] [Eb]
[D]
Farewell my dear mother, [G] likewise father [Dm] too
I've been far [G] and through [D] this country all [Dm] through
But [D] when I'm to [G] you, [Dm] I'll sit down and cry
And [G] think on pretty [D]
Sarah, which is [Dm] in [G] my eyes
[D]
Key:
D
Dm
G
Bb
B
D
Dm
G
_ _ _ _ I came to this country in _ [D] 1849 _ _
I saw many true loves, [G] but never [B] saw mine
[D] _ _ I feel old [Dm] _ _ and [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _
I
and me a poor soldier and far from my home _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ It's not the long journey [G] I'm dreading to [Dm] [D] go _ _
No leave your country for [Dm] the debts that [D] I owe
_ _ _ There's nothing [Dm] but griefs me, [G] no troubles for [D] me
_ _ _ [Bm] Like leaving [G] pretty [D]
Sarah, my [Bb] darling, [D] behind _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I wish I was a poet that [A] could write a pine [D] hand _
_ I'd write my love a [Dm] letter _ [G] that she could [D] understand
_ [Eb] _ [Dm] _ _
I'd send it by the _ [G] river waters over [B] me
_ [D] _ _
And I'd think of pretty [G] Sarah _ wherever I [D] go
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [D] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
Farewell my dear mother, [G] likewise father [Dm] too
_ _ I've been far [G] and through [D] this country all [Dm] through
_ _ But [D] when I'm to [G] you, _ [Dm] I'll sit down and cry _
_ _ And [G] think on pretty [D]
Sarah, _ which is [Dm] in [G] my eyes
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I saw many true loves, [G] but never [B] saw mine
[D] _ _ I feel old [Dm] _ _ and [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _
I
and me a poor soldier and far from my home _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ It's not the long journey [G] I'm dreading to [Dm] [D] go _ _
No leave your country for [Dm] the debts that [D] I owe
_ _ _ There's nothing [Dm] but griefs me, [G] no troubles for [D] me
_ _ _ [Bm] Like leaving [G] pretty [D]
Sarah, my [Bb] darling, [D] behind _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I wish I was a poet that [A] could write a pine [D] hand _
_ I'd write my love a [Dm] letter _ [G] that she could [D] understand
_ [Eb] _ [Dm] _ _
I'd send it by the _ [G] river waters over [B] me
_ [D] _ _
And I'd think of pretty [G] Sarah _ wherever I [D] go
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [D] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
Farewell my dear mother, [G] likewise father [Dm] too
_ _ I've been far [G] and through [D] this country all [Dm] through
_ _ But [D] when I'm to [G] you, _ [Dm] I'll sit down and cry _
_ _ And [G] think on pretty [D]
Sarah, _ which is [Dm] in [G] my eyes
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _