Chords for Gemma Hasson - Banks of the Bann

[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ When first [D] to this country a stranger [A] I came _ _ I
_ placed my
[F#m] affection [D] on a maid that [E] was young
_ _ _ _ [F#m] She'd been fair and tender
[A] Her waist [F#m] small and slender
_ Kind [D] _ _ nature had [A] formed her [D] for my [A] overthrow _
_ [E] _ _ On [A] the banks [D] of the bank where first I [A] beheld her
_ She appeared like [F#m] _
_ Reginald the [D] _ Fergrishen [E] Queen
_ _ _ [F#m] Her eyes shone like diamonds
[A] Her stars [F#m] brightly gleamed
_ _ _ [D] Her cheeks bloomed [A] like roses
[D] Her butt locks [A] on _ snow
T'was her [D] cruel penance
The first [A] cost of our ends
All because she [F#m] was rich [D] and above my [E] _
degree
_ _ [F#m] But I'll do my endeavor to [A] gain my [F#m] love's favor
_ _ _ _ [D] Although she [A] has come [D] of a rich _ _ [A] fatherly
_ [E] Now _ _ [A] _ I [D] have gained her, I'm happy [A] forever
_ _ With _ rings on [F#m] her fingers [D] and gold in [E] her ear
_ _ _ [F#m] And there on the banks [A] of the Lonely [F#m] River
_ _ _ _ [D] In happy [A] _ contentment [D] I'll weep with my [A] dear _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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