Tuning: E A D G B E

[Intro] G Am G D G Am D G D G/D D G/D D G D [Verse]

^GI held a lady, ^Amoh laddie-daddie ^GI held a lovely ^Dbrown-haired girl ^GI held a lady, ^Amoh laddie-daddie ^DI held a lovely brown-haired girl

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^GI know that she was ^Dwarm For I ^Gheld her and ^Dtouched her I ^G/Dheld her so ^Dlong, it was lovely Holding her against my ^Gbody ^D ^G ^D

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^GI see her laughing, ^AmI see her smiling ^GI feel her arms a^Dround me From ^Gmorning, when sun is ^Amshining, till evening ^DEven when night is falling down

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^GAll down the calling ^Dway Calling ^Gyou, young ^Dlady For ^G/Dyou, brown-haired, ^Doh laddie-daddie Diddley-eye dadden-adda, ^Glady ^D ^G ^D ^G ^D

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^GOh, I remember, ^Amhow I remember ^GOld days, when I was ^Dyoung days When ^GI held a lady, ^Amoh laddie-daddie ^DI held a lovely brown-haired girl

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^GOld days are dead-and-^Dgone days A^Glive in the ^Dmorning A^G/Dlive in the ^Dsun, laddie-daddie Diddley-eye adden-daddle, ^Glady ^D ^G ^D

[Instrumental] G D G D G/D D G D G/D D G/D D G D [Verse]

^GRed lips that love at ^Ammy lips, a heart and ^GThigh, hips and legs and ^Deyes, slips A^Gway in the dawning ^Amday, laddie-awning ^DI looks along the old road

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That ^Gold Sally Noggin ^DBog road Where ^GI held a ^Dlady Where ^G/DI held a ^Dlovely, adden-dadden Diddley-eye dadden-addle, ^Glady ^D ^G ^D

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^GOh, I remember, ^Amhow I remember ^GOld days, when I was ^Dyoung days When ^GI held a lady, ^Amoh laddie-daddie ^DI held a lovely brown-haired girl

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^GOld days are dead-and-^Dgone days A^Glive in the ^Dmorning A^G/Dlive in the ^Dsun, laddie-daddie Diddley-eye adden-daddle, ^Glady ^D ^G ^D ^G

Gordon Bok - I held a lady