🎶 Monday Morning

[Eb]Early one mornin' one [E7]mornin' in [Bb]spring
To [Eb]hear the birds [G7]whistle the [A#]nightingales [E7]sing
I [Bb]met a fair [G7]maiden who [Bb]sweetly did [G7]sing
I'm [Bb]going to be [Eb]married next [E7]Monday mor-[Bb]nin’

[Eb]How old are you my [E7]fair young [Bb]maid
[Eb]Here in this [G7]valley this [A#]valley so [E7]green
[Bb] How old are [G7]you my [Bb]fair young [G7]maid
I'm [Bb]goin' to be [Eb]sixteen next [E7]Monday mor-[Bb]nin’

Well [Eb]sixteen years old, that's [E7]too young for to [Bb]marry
So [Eb]take my ad-[G7]vice five years [A#]longer to tar-[E7]ry
For [Bb]marriage brings [G7]troubles and [Bb]sorrows be-[G7]gin
So [Bb]put off your [Eb]wedding for [E7]Monday mor-[Bb]nin’

[Eb]You talk like a mad man, a [E7]man with no [Bb]skill
Two [Eb]years I've been [G7]waiting a-[A#]gainst my own [E7]will
[Bb]Now I'm de-[G7]termined to [Bb]have my own [G7]way
And [Bb]I'm goin' to be [Eb]married next [E7]Monday mor-[Bb]nin’

[Eb]Next Monday mornin' the [E7]bells they will [Bb]ring
My [Eb]true love will [G7]buy me a [A#]gay golden [E7]ring
[Bb]Also he'll [G7]buy me a [Bb]new pretty [G7]gown
To [Bb]wear at my [Eb]wedding next [E7]Monday mor-[Bb]nin’

[Eb]Next Monday night when [E7]I go to my [Bb]bed
And [Eb]I turn [G7]round to the [A#]man that I've [E7]wed
A-[Bb]round his [G7]middle my [Bb]
wo arms I will [Db]fling
And I [Bb]wish to my [Eb]soul it was [E7]Monday mor-[Bb]nin’ ⠀