Growing chords

[INTRO]
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[VERSE]
[F]As [C]I was walk[Am]ing by [Dm]yonder church [F]wall
I saw [C]four-and-twenty [Am]young men a-[Dm]playing at the [F]ball
I [C]asked for my own true [Am]love, but [Dm]they wouldn't let him [F]come
[G]For they [Am]said the [Dm]boy N.C.
was young but a-[Am]growing [F]

[VERSE]
[C]Father, dear fath[Am]er, you've [Dm]done to me much [F]wrong
You've [C]tied me to a boy, [Am]when you [Dm]know he is too [F]young
But [C]he will make a Lord [Am]for [Dm]you to wait u[F]pon
[G]And a [Am]lady [Dm]you N.C.
will be while he's [Am]growing

[VERSE]
[F]We'll [C]send him to coll[Am]ege for [Dm]one year or [F]two
And [C]maybe in time, [Am]the [Dm]boy will do for [F]you
I'll [C]buy you white rib[Am]bons to [Dm]tie around his [F]waist
[G]For to [Am]let the [Dm]ladies N.C.
know that he's [Am]married

[INSTRUMENTAL]
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[VERSE]
The [C]trees they do grow high [Am]and the [Dm]leaves they do grow [F]green
The [C]day is passed and gone, my [Am]love, that [Dm]you and I have [F]seen
It's [C]on a cold winter's [Am]night, that [Dm]I must lie a[F]lone
[G]For the [Am]bonny [Dm]boy N.C.
is young but a-[Am]growing [F]

[VERSE]
[C]At the age of six[Am]teen, [Dm]he was a married [F]man
And [C]at the age of seven[Am]teen, the [Dm]father to a [F]son
And [C]at the age of eigh[Am]teen, his [Dm]grave it did grow [F]green
[G]Cruel [Am]death had [Dm]put N.C.
an end to his [Am]growing

[OUTRO]
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