Pretty Saro
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Verse 1]
E E/B B C#m C#m/A
When I first come to this country in eighteen and forty-nine
B C#m A E
I saw many fair lovers but I never saw mine
E E/B B C#m
I viewed it all around me, saw that I was quite alone
B C#m A E
And me a poor stranger and a long way from home
[Verse 2]
E E/B B C#m C#m/A
Well, my true love, she won't have me and it's this I understand
B C#m A E
For she wants some freeholder and I have no land
E E/B B C#m
I couldn't maintain her on no silver and gold
B C#m A B
But all of the other fine things that my love's house could hold
[Chorus]
E F#m A E
Fair thee well to ol' Mother, fair thee well to my Father, too
B C#m A B
I'm going for to ramble this wide world all through
E F#m A E
And when I get weary, I'll sit down and cry
B C#m A E
And think of my Saro, pretty Saro, my bride
[Verse 3]
E E/B B C#m C#m/A
Well, I wished I was a turtledove, had wings and could fly
B C#m A E
Far away to my lover's lodgings, tonight I'd draw nigh
E E/B B C#m C#m/A
And there in her lily-white arms I'd lay there all night
B C#m A B
And watch through them little winders for the dawning of light
[Verse 4]
E E/B B C#m C#m/A
I have left my pretty Saro and I quit my mother too
B C#m A B
I have started out to ramble this country all through
E /B B C#m C#m/A
And when I get tired I will set down and weep
B C#m A E
And I'll think of my little darling wherever I sleep
E E/B B C#m C#m/A
It's not this long journey I'm a dreadin to go
B C#m A B
Or the country I come from for the debts that I owe
[Chorus]
E E/D#m E/C#m A E
There's just one thing that grieves me and troubles my mind
B C#m A E
It's leaving my little darling way back here behind
E D#m C#m A E
If I were a poet and I could write a fine hand
B C#m A E
I would write my love a letter that she'd understand
[Verse 5]
E E/B B C#m
I would write by the river where the waters o'erflow
B C#m A B
And I'd dream of my little Saro wherever I go
E E D#m E C#m A E
Oh Saro, pretty Saro please tell me your mind
B C#m A B
Do you think me unworthy, Do you think me unkind?
[Chorus]
E E D#m E C#m A E
When our life here is over you surely will see
B C#m A E
I treated you as kindly as you treated me
How to play Pretty Saro
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.