WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Great Big Sea - Old Browns Daughter Chords | Ver. 1
[Verse 1]
C G C
There is an ancient party at the other end of town.
F G
He keeps a little grocery store, and the ancient's name is Brown.
F G
He has a lovely daughter, such a treat I never saw.
C G C
Oh, I only hope someday to be the old man's son-in-law.
[Verse 2]
C G C
Old Brown sells from off his shelf most anything you please.
F G
He's got juice hops for the little boys, lollipops and cheese.
F G
His daughter minds the store and it's a treat to see her serve.
C G C
I'd like to run away with her but I don't have the nerve.
[Chorus]
F C
And it's Old Brown's daughter is a proper sort of girl.
F G
Old Brown's daughter is as fair as any pearl.
F
I wish I was a Lord, Mayor, Marquis or an Earl.
G C
And blow me if I wouldn't marry Old Brown's girl.
F G C
Blow me if I wouldn't marry Old Brown's girl.
[Verse 3]
C G C
Well poor Old Brown now has trouble with the gout.
F G
He grumbles in his little parlour when he can't get out.
F G
And when I make a purchase, Lord, and she hands me the change...
C G C
That girl she makes me pulverized, I feel so very strange.
[Chorus]
F C
And it's Old Brown's daughter is a proper sort of girl.
F G
Old Brown's daughter is as fair as any pearl.
F
I wish I was a Lord, Mayor, Marquis or an Earl.
G C
And blow me if I wouldn't marry Old Brown's girl.
F G C
Blow me if I wouldn't marry Old Brown's girl.
[Verse 4]
C G C
Miss Brown, she smiles so sweetly when I say a tender word.
F G
Oh, but Old Brown says that she must wed a Marquis or a Lord.
F G
And I don't suppose it's ever one of those things I will be...
C G C
But, by jingo, next election I will run for Trinity!
[Chorus]
F C
And it's Old Brown's daughter is a proper sort of girl.
F G
Old Brown's daughter is as fair as any pearl.
F
I wish I was a Lord, Mayor, Marquis or an Earl.
G C
And blow me if I wouldn't marry Old Brown's girl.
F G C
Blow me if I wouldn't marry Old Brown's girl.
