Friendly persuasion    (video)

 

       F              C           G  G7 C

    Come with me, for thee  I   love !

 

      - - - -  C       Dm                    G                C           Em

1. Thee I love, more than the meadow so green and still,

     Dm                   G             C        Em

    more than the mulberries on the hill,

     Dm                  G             Em            Am   - Dm  G  C           - F - Em - F

    more than the buds on a May apple tree,            I   love thee.

 

     F              C     A                Dm         F   - G      Dm

    Arms have I, strong as the oak, for this        occasion,

   B7                    A              E         G               Dm        - G

    lips have I, to kiss thee, too, in friendly persuasion.

 

     - - - - - -  C       Dm                  G                C           Em

2. Thee is mine, though I don't know many words of praise

     Dm                   G           C          Em

    thee pleasures me in a hundred ways

         Dm               G                 Em                     D

    so put on your bonnet, your cape, and your glove,

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    and come with me,        for thee I love.

 

     F              C     A                Dm         F   - G      Dm

    Arms have I, strong as the oak, for this        occasion,

   B7                    A              E         G               Dm      - G

    lips have I, to kiss thee, too, in friendly persuasion.

 

      - - - - -   C       Dm                   G               C           Em

3. Thee is mine, though I don't know many words of praise,    

     F              C     A                Dm         F   - G       F

    Arms have I, strong as the oak, for this        occasion,

   B7                    A              E         G               Dm     

    lips have I, to kiss thee, too, in friendly persuasion.

 

     Dm                   G           C          Em

    thee pleasures me in a hundred ways

         Dm               G                 Em                     D

    so put on your bonnet, your cape, and your glove,

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    and come with me (and come with me), for thee I love   - - -

            G7   C

    for thee I love.

 

    (orig. = capo 3rd)    (Four Aces)