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Version 1
            ALL AROUND MY HAT / STEELEYE SPAN
[Chorus] - 1st time Unaccompanied
All around my hat, I will wear the green willow,
And all around my hat, for a twelve-month and a day.
And if anyone should ask me the reason why I'm wearin' it,
It's all for my true love who's far, far, away
[Verse]
D         A         D                               A           
Fare thee well cold winter, and fare thee well cold frost.
D          A      D                       E         A
Oh nothing I have gained, but my own true love have lost.
A                   D              G     Bm
So sing and I'll be merry, when occasion I do see-
Bm     D        A    D                      A         D
He's a false deluded young man, let him go, fare well he.
[Chorus]
D      A      D                          A
All around my hat, I will wear the green willow,
     D    A       D                       E     A
And all around my hat, for a twelve-month and a day.
A                    D           G             Bm         A
And if anyone should ask me the reason why I'm wearin' it,
     D    A     D                    A      D
It's all for my true love who's far, far, away
[Verse]
D         A         D                               A  
Now the other day he brought me a fine diamond ring:
D          A      D                       E         A
but he thought to deprive me of a far finer thing.
A                   D              G     Bm
But I being careful, as true lovers ought to be,
Bm     D        A    D                      A         D
He's a false deluded young man, let him go fare well he.
[Chorus]
D      A      D                          A
Take a quarter pound of reason, and a half pound of sense,
     D    A       D                       E     A
A small sprig of time, and a pinch of prudence,
A                    D           G             Bm
Now mix then all together and you will plainly see:
     D    A     D                    A      D
He's a false deluded young man, let him go, fare well he. 
        
                