Child Brides Chords by The Auteurs

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[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] [Em] When I first saw the [A]
child _ _ brides, _ _ _
[C] Two [G] bridegroom boys at [D] their _ side,
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_ Genevieve in union [A] with _ Holy _ _ [D] Communion, _
[Am] Mary [G] and the younger [D] _
_ wife.
_ _ _ [G] When the child _ _ brides went down to [A] the _ _ water, _ _ _
[Am] Then June [D] _ calls out [Am] to _ [D] his daughters, _ _
[Em] _ Throw _ yourself at the [Am] _ _ _ tide, _ _ _
I'll see [D] _ you _ _
[Em] on [D] the _ [Am] other _ [Em] side,
In a loveless marriage [A] when I was _ fourteen, _ _ _
[Am] All [Em] braised knees and [D] black _ _ eyes,
_ _ And [Em] you come round here _ [A] with your fancy talk and your big _ [Am] ideas,
What have you done [Em] with [D] our _ wives?
_ _ When [Em] the child _ brides went down [A] to the _ _ _ water, _ _
[Am] Then June [D] calls out [Am] _ to [D] his _ _ daughters,
_ [E] _ Throw yourself [Bm] at the [Am] _ _ _ tide, _ _
I'll [D] see _ you _
[Am] _ on [D] the _ other [Em] side,
My _ beautiful _ _ _ [A] child _ _ brides,
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[E] Bride of Christ, _ [G] bride [A] of _ _ Jesus, _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [D] The fish _ _
[Am] when your [D] _ _ fathom's down,
And [E] the uncles and the [G] brothers [A] with their Sunday suits on, _ _
[Am] Such [D] the _ _ _ [Am] villages and [D] _ _ towns,
[Eb]
[Em] The child _ brides went down [A] to the _ _ water, _ _ _
[Am] Then [D] June calls out [Am] to [D] his _ daughters, _
[Em] _ Throw _ yourself at the [Am] _ _ _ _ tide, _
I'll [D] see you _ _
[Am] on [D] the other _ [Am] side,
I'll see [D] _ you _ on the _ other side,
[G] I'll see [D] you _ _ [G] on [D] the _ other side,
[C] I'll [D] _ see _ [G] you on [D] the other _ [C] side.
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