Handsome Molly chords by Doc Watson

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G D G


Verse 1:
G
I wish I were in London,
           D
Or some other seaport town
D

Set my foot in a steamboat
          G
And sail the ocean 'round.


Verse 2:
G
While sailing on the ocean,
           D
While sailing on the sea
D
I'd think of handsome Molly
          G
Wherever she might be.


Break:
G D G


Verse 3:
G
Remember Handsome Molly
              D
When you gave me your right hand?
D
And you said if you were to marry
        G
Then I'd be the man.


Verse 4:
G
But now you broke your promise
         D
Go marry whom you please
D
While my poor heart is breaking
           G
You're going at your ease.


Break:
G D G


Verse 5:
G
She goes to church on Sunday
           D
And she passes me on by
D
I can tell her mind is changin'
           G
By the roving of her eye.


Verse 6:
G
Her hair is black as a raven
            D
Her eyes are black as a crow
D
Her cheeks look like linens
          G
out in the morning glow


Break:
G D G


Verse 7:
G
I wish I were in London,
           D
Or some other seaport town
D
Set my foot in a steamboat
          G
And sail the ocean 'round.


Verse 8:
G
While sailing on the ocean,
           D
While sailing on the sea
D
I'd think of handsome Molly
          G
Wherever she might be.