Tuning: E A D G B E

Where Are The Simple Joys of Maidenhood? ARTIST: Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe TITLE: The Simple Joys of Maidenhood Lyrics and Chords [Capo 4]

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G^Benevieve! St. Ge^Emnevieve! C CG D - It's Guenevere, remember me? S^Bmt.

Genevieve! St. ^EmGen

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er here beneath this tree ^BbYou

know how faithful and^F d

evout I am You must admit I've always been a lamb ^GBu

t,^B G^Emenevieve, St. Genevieve

/ G - B Em / C CG D - / Bm - Em - / C - D - / / Bb - F - / / G - B Em /

^BI ^F#won't obey you any more You've gone a bit too far I won't be bid and bargain'd for Like beads in a bazaar

/ B F# / / / /

^CSt^G. Genevieve, I've run away Eluded them and fled And from now on I intend to pray To someone else instead

/ C G / / / / Oh, Genevieve, St. Genevieve Where were you when my youth was sold? Dear Genevieve, sweet Genevieve Shan't I be young before I'm old? / G - B Em / C CG D - / Bm - Em - / C - D - /

^GWhere^D7 are th^Ge

simp^Cle

joys of ^D7mai

denhood? ^GWhere ^D7are al^Gl those adorin^Emg, ^Cda

ng^Cm boys? ^GWhere's th^B7e knight pin^Eming so f^Gor me H^Ce ^D7leaps to de^Amath in w^Emoe for me? O^Gh,

re^Am7 are

a^D7 ma

iden's simple joys?

/ / G D7 G Em C - - Cm / / G B7 Em G / C D7 Am Em / G - - - Am7 - D7 - /

^GShan't ^D7I have the n^Gor

mal li^Cfe

a maiden ^D7sho

uld? Shall I never be rescued in the wood? Shall two knights never tilt for me And let their blood be spilt for me? ^GOh, wh^Am7ere are the^G simple j^Amoys of ma^Gid^D7enh^Goo

... / G Am7 G Am G D7 G - /

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all I not be ^Cmaj7on a p

edestal ^CWo

rshipped and compet^Amed

for? ^Am7Not ^A7be carried off^G, or better^D st'll ^A9Cau

se^Am7 a little ^D7war?

/ C - Cmaj7 - / C - Am - / Am7 A7 G D / A9 - Am7 D7 / Where are the simple joys of maidenhood? Are those sweet, gentle pleasures gone for good? Shall a feud not begin for me? Shall kith not kill their kin for me?

^GOh, where ^D7sus4are the ^Gtrivial j^Coys G D7 GA7 D7 Harmless, convivial joys G D7 G CG G D7 - G - Where are the simple joys of maidenhood?

... / G D7sus4 G C / G D7 GA7 D7 / G D7 G CG G D7 - G - /

Julie Andrews - The simple joys of maidenhood