Beeswing Ukulele chords by The Whistlin Donkeys

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Verse 1:
C
I was 18 when I came to town, they called it the summer of love
          C                                G                 F
They were burning babies burning flags,the hawks against the doves
C
I took a job at the steaming, way down on Caltrim street,
C                                               G               F
And I fell in love with a laundry girl that was workin' next to me.
C
Brown hair zig zagged around her face and a look of half surprise,
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Like a fox caught in the headlights, there was animal in her eyes,
C

She said to me, oh can't you see, I'm not the factory kind,
C                                          G       F
And if you don't take me out of here, I'll lose my mind.

Chorus:
Am                                 C
She was a rare thing, as fine as a bee's wing,
Am                  G                   F
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away,
Am                            C
She was a lost child, she was runnin' wild,
         Am                    G                  F
She said so long as there's no price on love I'll stay,
Dm                   G         F
You wouldn't want me any other way.

Verse 2:
C
We busked around the market towns, fruit pickin', down in Kent,
C                                 G                  F
We could tinker pots and pans and knives wherever we went.
C
And I said to her, we'll settle down and get a few acres dug
C                                G             F
A fire burning in the hearth and babies on the rug.
C                                      G                  C
She said, oh man, you foolish man that surely sounds like hell,
C                                    G                    F
You might be lord of half the world, you'll not own me as well.

Chorus:
Am                                 C
She was a rare thing, as fine as a bee's wing,
Am                  G                   F
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away.
Am                            C
She was a lost child, she was runnin' wild
         Am                    G                  F
She said so long as there's no price on love I'll stay,
Dm                   G         F
You wouldn't want me any other way.

Verse 3:
C
We were campin down the Gower one time when the work was mighty good,
C                                  G            F
She wouldn't wait for the harvest, I thought we should
C
We were drinking more in those days, our tempers reached a pitch
C                              G                          F
Like a fool I let her run away when she took the rambling itch
C
And the last I heard she's living rough back in the Derby beat
C                                        G                F
A bottle of White Horse in her pocket, a Wolfhound at her feet.

C
And they say that she got married once to a man called Romany Brown
C                            G                  F
Even a gypsy caravan was too much like settlin' down
Am                           G                      C
They say her rose has faded, rough weather and hard booze
C                                      G               F
Maybe that's the price you pay for the chains that you refuse.

Chorus:

Am                                 C
She was a rare thing, as fine as a bee's wing,
Am                  G                   F
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away.
Am                            C
She was a lost child, she was runnin' wild
         Am                    G                  F
She said so long as there's no price on love I'll stay,
Dm                   G         F
You wouldn't want me any other way.

Outro:

Am                                 C
She was a rare thing, as fine as a bee's wing
Am                   G              F
I miss her more than ever words can say
Am                               C
If I could just taste all of her wildness now
Am              G              F
If I could hold her in my arms today
Dm              G             F
I wouldn't want her any other way.