Johnny Be Fair
Buffy Saint-Marie


capo 1

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     Am                                    G               Am
Well Johnny be fair and Johnny be fine and wants me for to wed
                                G             E
And I would marry Johnny but my father up and said
    Am                                   G               Em
I'm sad to tell you, daughter, what your mother never knew
    Am          G               C       E      A   Am  G  C  E  Am
But Johnny is a son of mine and so he's kin to you

     Am                                  G               Am
Well Jimmy be fair and Jimmy be fine and wants me for to wed
                               G             E
And I would marry Jimmy but my father up and said
    Am                                   G               Em
I'm sad to tell you, daughter, what your mother never knew
    Am         G               C       E      A   Am  G  C  E  Am
But Jimmy is a son of mine and so he's kin to you

     Am                                  G               Am
Well Billy be fair and Billy be fine and wants me for to wed
                               G             E
And I would marry Billy but my father up and said
    Am                                   G               Em
I'm sad to tell you, daughter, what your mother never knew
    Am             G               C       E      A   Am  G  C  E  Am
But Billy too is a son of mine and so he's kin to you

    Am                           G           Am
You never seen a girl so sad and sorry as I was
                                       G             E
The boys in town are all my kin and my father is the cause
   Am                                 G            Em
If life should thus continue I should die a single miss
    Am            G             C        E      A   Am  G  C  E  Am
And so I'll go to mother and complain to her of this

   Am                                  G              Am
Oh daughter haven't I taught you to forgive and to forget
                                        G                 E
And if your father sowed his oats, well still you needn't fret
     Am                              G                 Em
Your father may be father to all the boys in town, and still
     Am              G             C     E       A
He's not the one who sired you, so marry who you will