Speirs and Boden, also Bellowhead Fakenham Fair Standard Tuning: capo to suit, 3rd is suggested. VERSE: D A D G D G A I never really fell in love till I went up to Fakenham fair D A D G D A D And chanced for to meet with a carnival girl a selling the fortunes there G F# Em A D G Try for a lamp or a Spanish shawl or a golden filigree D A D G D A D But all the time her eyes were saying 'come take a chance on me' CHORUS: G F# Em A So swing around the merry-go-round D G Give the wheel of fortune a whirl D A D G The finest prize at Fakenham fair D A D Is the pretty carnival girl VERSE: 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’ *CHORUS* VERSE: 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 *CHORUS*
