Tom: G
G C G
G C D G
[Verse 1]
D G
Oh, I once had a true love that I called my own
C G D
Now she's gone and left me and I'm all alone
G D G
She's gone and left me contented must be
C D G
She loves another far better than me
[Chorus]
C G
And it's green grows the laurel, soft falls the dew
C G D
Sorry am I love, I'm parted with you
G C G
Sorry am I love, contented must be
C D G
She loves another far better than me
G Am D G
[Verse 2]
D G
Oh, I pass by her window both early and late
C G D
But the look that she gsve me, it did my heart break
D G
The look that she gave me would ten thousand kill
C D G
She's found a new love, but I love her still
[Chorus]
C G
And it's green grows the laurel, soft falls the dew
C G D
Sorry am I love, I'm parted with you
G C G
Sorry am I love, contented must be
C D G
She loves another far better than me
G Am D G
[Verse 3]
D G
I wrote her a letter in grand rosy lines
C G D
But she sent back an answer all twisted and twines
G D G
Sayin' keep your love letters, you're wastin' your time
C D G
You write to your love and I'll write to mine
[Chorus]
C G
And it's green grows the laurel, soft falls the dew
C G D
Sorry am I love, I'm parted with you
G C G
Sorry am I love, contented must be
C D G
She loves another far better than me
G Am D G
[Verse 4]
D G
Now I oftimes do wonder why women love men
C G D
And I also do wonder why they love them
G D G
For women are fearful and kind as you know
C D G
And men are deceivers wherever they go
[Chorus]
C G
And it's green grows the laurel, soft falls the dew
C G D
Sorry am I love, I'm parted with you
G C G
Sorry am I love, contented must be
C D G
She loves another far better than me
G Am D G
[Verse 5]
D G
Oh, I once had a true love that I called my own
C G D
Now she's gone and left me and I'm all alone
G D G
She's gone and left me contented must be
C D G
She loves another far better than me
[Chorus]
C G
And it's green grows the laurel, soft falls the dew
C G D
Sorry am I love, I'm parted with you
G C G
Sorry am I love, contented must be
C D G
She loves another far better than me
[Chorus]
C G
And it's green grows the laurel, soft falls the dew
C G D
Sorry am I love, I'm parted with you
G C G
Sorry am I love, contented must be
C D G
She loves another far better than me
G Am D C
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