Chorus
[E] [A] [Am] [E] [E/B]
Sweet Violets
[E] [E/B] [B7] [B7/F#]
Sweeter than the roses
[B7] [B7/F#] [B7] [B7/F#]
Covered all over from head to toe
[B7] [B7/F#] [E] [A] [E] [E/B]
Covered all over with sweet violets
Verse 1
[E] [E/B] [E] [B7] [B7/F#]
There once was a farmer who took a young miss
[B7] [B7/F#] [B7]
In back of the barn where he gave her a
[E] [E/B] [E] [B7] [B7/F#]
Lecture on horses and chickens and eggs
[B7] [B7/F#] [B7]
And told her that she had such beautiful
[E] [E/B] [E] [B7] [B7/F#]
Manners that suited a girl of her charms
[B7] [B7/F#] [B7]
A girl that he wanted to take in his
[E] [E/B] [E] [B7] [B7/F#]
Washing and ironing and then if she did
[B7] [B7/F#] [B7]
They could get married and raise lots of
Chorus
[E] [A] [Am] [E] [E/B]
Sweet Violets
[E] [E/B] [B7] [B7/F#]
Sweeter than the roses
[B7] [B7/F#] [B7] [B7/F#]
Covered all over from head to toe
[B7] [B7/F#] [E] [A] [E] [E/B]
Covered all over with sweet violets
Verse 2
[E] [E/B] [E] [B7] [B7/F#]
The girl told the farmer that he'd better stop
[B7] [B7/F#] [B7]
And she called her father and he called a
[E] [E/B] [E] [B7] [B7/F#]
Taxi and got there before very long
[B7] [B7/F#] [B7]
'Cause some one was doin' his little girl
[E] [E/B] [E] [B7] [B7/F#]
Right for a change so that's why he said
[B7] [B7/F#] [B7]
Son if you marry, you're better off
[E] [E/B] [E] [B7] [B7/F#]
Single 'cause it's always been my belief
[B7] [B7/F#] [B7]
Marriage will bring a man nothing but
Chorus
[E] [A] [Am] [E] [E/B]
Sweet Violets
[E] [E/B] [B7] [B7/F#]
Sweeter than the roses
[B7] [B7/F#] [B7] [B7/F#]
Covered all over from head to toe
[B7] [B7/F#] [E] [A] [E] [E/B]
Covered all over with sweet violets
Verse 3
[E] [E/B] [E] [B7] [B7/F#]
The farmer decided he'd wed anyway
[B7] [B7/F#] [B7]
And started in planning for his wedding
[E] [E/B] [E] [B7] [B7/F#]
Suit which he purchased for only one buck
[B7] [B7/F#] [B7]
But then he found out he was just out of
[E] [E/B] [E] [B7] [B7/F#]
Money and so he got left in the lurch
[B7] [B7/F#] [B7]
A standin' and waitin' in front of the
[E] [E/B] [E] [B7] [B7/F#]
End of the story which just goes to show
[B7] [B7/F#] [B7]
All a girl wants from a man is his
Chorus
[E] [A] [Am] [E] [E/B]
Sweet Violets
[E] [E/B] [B7] [B7/F#]
Sweeter than the roses
[B7] [B7/F#] [B7] [B7/F#]
Covered all over from head to toe
[B7] [B7/F#] [E] [A] [E]
Covered all over with sweet violets
