Katy Dear

Ian Sylvia

Key of F · Chords: I IV V

Into

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F F C F
Bb Bb F F
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Verse 1

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Oh, Katy Dear, go ask your father
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If you might be a bride of mine
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If he says yes, then come and tell me
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If he says no, we'll run away.

Verse 2

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I cannot go and ask my father
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For he is on his bed of rest
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And by his side  there's a golden dagger
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To pierce the heart I love the best.

Break

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Verse 3

        F     F           F     F
Oh Katy Dear, go ask your mother
             F  F          C   F
If you might be a bride of mine
            Bb   Bb            F      F
If she says yes, then come and tell me
            F   C         F    F
If she says no, we'll run away.

Verse 4

         F  F          F     F
I cannot go and ask my mother
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For she is on her bed of rest
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And by her side, there's a silver dagger
              F     C          F    F
To pierce the heart I love the best.

Break

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Verse 5

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He picked up a silver dagger
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He pierced it through his wounded breast
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Farewell Katy, farewell darling
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I'll die for the one I love the best.

Verse 6

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She picked up the bloody weapon
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She pierced it through her snow-white breast
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Farewell Momma, Farewell Poppa
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I'll go with the one I love the best.