The Game Of Cards

G                      Am D        G
As I was a-walking one midsummer's morning
G                 Am          G                D
I heard the birds whistle and the nightingales play
G              Am   G
And there did I spy a beautiful maiden
G                      D         G
As I was a-walking all on the highway

[Verse 2]

G                      Am D        G
“O where are you going, my sweet pretty darlin' ?
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O where are you going so early this morn?”
G              Am   G
She said: “I'm going down to visit my neighbours;
G                      D         G
I'm going down to Warwick, the place I was born.”

[Verse 3]

G                      Am D        G
It's “May I come with you, my dear lovely lady?
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May I go along in your sweet company?”
G              Am   G
Then she turned her head and smiling all at me
G                      D         G
Saying: “You may come with me, kind sir, if you please.”

[Verse 4]

G                      Am D        G
We hadn't been walking but a few miles together
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Before this young damsel began to show free
G              Am   G
She sat herself down, saying: “Sit down beside me
G                      D         G
And the games we shall play shall be one, two and three.”

[Verse 5]

G                      Am D        G
I said: “My dear lady, if you're fond of the gaming
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There's one game I know I would like you to learn
G              Am   G
The game it is called: The Game of All Fours.”
G                      D         G
So I took out my pack and began the first turn

[Verse 6]

G                      Am D        G
She cut the cards first and I fell a-dealing
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I dealt her a deuce and myself the poor jack
G              Am   G
She led off her ace and stole my jack from me

Saying: “Jack is the card I like best in your pack.”

[Verse 7]

G                      Am D        G
“Since I dealt them last time, it's your turn to shuffle
G                 Am          G                D
And my turn to show the best card in the pack.”
G              Am   G
Once more she'd the ace and the deuce for to beat me
G                      D         G
Once again I had lost when I laid down poor jack

[Verse 8]

G                      Am D        G
So I took up my hat and I bid her: “Good morning,”
G                 Am          G                D
I said: “You're the best that I know at this game.”
G              Am   G
She answered: “Young man, if you'll come back to-morrow
G                      D         G
We'll play the game over and over again.”