These tabs are based loosely off Joan Baez's version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhDaNcBqD9o).
It is played in 6/8 time, but it's pretty much guesswork figuring out where the words go
in each measure.
Intro:
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Verse 1:
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I gave my love a cherry,
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that had no stone
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I gave my love a chicken,
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/joan-baez/283193.html ]
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that had no bone
F#m
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I told my love a story,
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that had no end
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I gave my love a baby,
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with no crying.
Verse 2:
How can there be a cherry
That has no stone?
And how can there be a chicken
That has no bone?
How can there be a story
That has no end?
And how can there be a baby
With no crying?
Verse 3:
A cherry when it's blooming
It has no stone
A chicken when it's pipping
It has no bone
The story that I love you
It has no end
A baby when he's sleeping
Is no crying
A baby when he's sleeping
Is no crying
