The Fair Maid chords

[VERSE 1]
When [C]I was a fair maid a[G]bout seventeen
I listed in the Navy for to serve the [C]Queen
I listed in the [G]Navy a [C]sailor lad to [G]stand
For to [F]hear the cannons [C]rattle and the [G]music so [C]grand
The [G]music so grand, the [C]music so [G]grand
For to [F]hear the cannons [C]rattle and the [G]music so [C]grand

[VERSE 2]
The o[C]fficer that listed me was a [G]tall and handsome man
He said ‘You'll make a sailor so come along my [C]man’
My waist been t[G]all and [C]slender my fingers long and t[G]hin
And the [F]very soon they [C]learned me I [G]soon exceeded [C]them
I [G]soon exceeded them, I [C]soon exceeded [G]them
And the [F]very soon they l[C]earned me I [G]soon exceeded [C]them

[VERSE 3]
They [C]sent me to my bed they sent me to my [G]bunk
To lie with a sailor I never was a[C]fraid
But taking [G]off me bluecoat [C]shirt often made me [G]smile
For to [F]think I was a s[C]ailor and a [G]maiden all the [C]while
A m[G]aiden all the while, a m[C]aiden all the w[G]hile
For to [F]think I was a m[C]aiden and a s[G]ailor all the w[C]hile

[VERSE 4]
They [C]sent me up to London for to guard the t[G]ower
And I thought I might be there till my very dying [C]hour
But a lady [G]fell in l[C]ove with me I told her I was a [G]maid
She [F]went up to the c[C]aptain and my [G]secret she be[C]trayed
My [G]secret she betrayed, my [C]secret she be[G]trayed
She [F]went up to the c[C]aptain and my [G]secret she be[C]trayed

[VERSE 5]
The c[C]aptain he came up to me and asked if this [G]was so
I dare not I dare not I dare not s[C]ay no
It's a [G]pity we should lose you [C]such a sailor lad you [G]made
It's a [F]pity we should l[C]ose you such a [G]handsome [C]young maid
Such a [G]handsome young maid [C]such a handsome young [G]maid
It's a [F]pity we should [C]lose you such a [G]handsome young [C]maid

[VERSE 6]
So f[C]are thee well my captain you've been so kind [G]to me
And likewise my shipmates I'm sorry to p[C]art with thee
But if ever the [G]Navy needs a lad a s[C]ailor I'll re[G]main
I'll [F]put on me cap and [C]feathers and I'll [G]run the rigging a[C]gain
I'll [G]run the rigging ag[C]ain, I'll run the [G]rigging again
I'll [F]put on me cap and f[C]eathers and I'll [G]run the rigging [C]again