Standard tuning
Capo on 3nd


      D5         A5       D5        G5             D5                                     G5
I never really fell in love till I went up to Fakenham fair
             D5                       A5                     D5        G5             D5    A5  D5
And chanced for to meet with a carnival girl a selling the fortunes there
G5                 F#5        E5                        A5               D5             G5
Try for a lamp or a     Spanish shawl or a golden filigree
        D5         A5              D5                 G5             D5                     A5   D5  
But all the time her eyes were saying 'come take a chance on me'


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       G5            F#5             E5             A5
So swing around the merry-go-round
                   D5                              G5
Give the wheel of fortune a whirl
        D5          A5           D5                  G5
The finest prize at Fakenham fair
            D5          A5           D5
Is the pretty carnival girl

Her hair was brown and her eyes were blue and her lips they were soft and red
I?d never seen such a shape as hers and my eyes nearly popped from my head
For I was young and innocent oh but still even I could see
the way she smiled and winked my way said ?come take a chance on me?

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My friends they said well she?s not for you oh what will the old people think
But I took my chance and I won that girl just as quick as an eye could wink
And the finest day in all my life whatever may come to pass
Was the day i went up to Fakenham Fair and won me the carnival lass 

CH.