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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?

Remember the vows, That you made to your Mary. Remember the bower, Where you vowed to be true. Chorus:

Thus sang the poor maiden, Her sorrow bewailing. Thus sang the poor maid, In the valley below. Chorus:

Gay are the garlands and Fresh are the daisies. I picked for the poor maid In the valley below. Chorus: