Sonny James

I Gave My Love A Cherry

Sonny James


Tom: E

A C#m A B E

#1.

  E              A                  E
I gave my love a cherry that had no stone.
  B              E                   B
I gave my love a chicken that had no bone.
  F#m            E                B
I gave my love a ring that had no end.
  A              C#m       A  B   E
I gave my love a baby with no cry-ing.

#2.
    E              A                  E
How can there be a cherry without any stone?
    B              E                   B
How can there be a chicken that has no bone?
    F#m            E                B
How can there be a ring that has no end.
    A              C#m       A  B   E
How can there be a baby with no cry-ing.

#3.
  E                A                   E
A cherry when it's blooming, it has no stone.
  B                 E                  B
A chicken when it's pipping, it has no bone.
  F#m            E                  B
A ring when it's rolling  it has no end.
  A              C#m           A  B   E
A baby when it's sleeping  has no cry-ing.

[Outro]
  A              C#m        A  B   E
I gave my love a baby, with no cry-ing..(Fade.)