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T T = alternate bass, right hand thumb    fingers 1, 2, 3, of right hand claw 3 thin strings.

number = left hand finger   X = string not played   O = play open string   thin string chord grid right

Left palm     2   1 | 3   | | | 4 T | | | |

A T_T_ _ _ _O |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_1_2_3_| |_|_|_|_|_|

D X_T_T_ _ _ |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_1_|_2 |_|_|_|_3_|

E X_T_T_ _O_O |_|_|_1_|_| |_2_3_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

Start singing:  _O_ _ _ _ |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

[ A ] Early One Morning just [ D ] as the sun was [ E ] rising,
I [ A ] heard a maid sing in the [ D ] val [ E ] ley be [ A ] low.

Chorus: [ E ] Oh don't de [ A ] ceive me,
[ E ] Oh never [ A ] leave me,
How could you [ D ] use a
[ E ] Poor maiden [ A ] so?

[ A ] Remember the vows, That you [ D ] made to your [ E ] Mary. Re [ A ] member the bower, Where you [ D ] vowed [ E ] to be [ A ] true. Chorus:

[ A ] Thus sang the poor maiden, Her [ D ] sorrow be [ E ] wailing. [ A ] Thus sang the poor maid, In the [ D ] val [ E ] ley be [ A ] low. Chorus:

[ A ] Gay are the garlands and [ D ] Fresh are the [ E ] daisies. I [ A ] picked for the poor maid In the [ D ] val [ E ley be [ A low. Chorus:

[ A ] Beware all you young men, the [ D ] CSA is [ E ] waiting.
To [ A ] interview young maidens, in the [ D ] val [ E ] ley be [ A ] low. Chorus:

CSA - Child Support Agency!