As I Roved Out

INTRO: G  C  D

   Am      C                D   G
As I roved out one fine May morning
            C  G        Am      D
To view the meadows and flowers gay
    C                         D   
Oh, who should I spot, but my own 
       Am
true lover
   C          G   D
As she sat by yon willow tree


       Am               C     D   
I took off my hat and I did salute 
 G
her
        C    G           Am     D
I did salute her most courageously
       C                  D       
As she turned around, the tears 
        Am
fell from her
         C                G    
Saying, "False young man, you've 
    D
deluded me


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        Am               C       
And the diamond ring I behold, I 
D       G
gave to you
  C       G               Am     
A diamond ring to wear on your 
    D
right hand
        C                       
But the vows you made, love, you 
 D              Am
went and broke them
        C                  G       
And you wed the lassie who has the 
D      G  C  G  Am
land."


                         C      
"If I wed the lassie who has the 
 D        G
land, my love,
               C    G       Am    
It's that I'll rue 'til the day I 
D
die.
        C                       D 
When misfortune falls, sure the 
           Am
man may shun it,
   C      G                D     
It was my fault, that I'll not 
    Am
deny"


INSTRUMENTAL: C  G  C  Am  D  C

  D  Am  C  D


        Am                    C   
"And at night when I go to my bed 
   D   G
of slumber
    C              G        Am    
The thoughts of my love are in my 
D
mind.
     C                D      
As I turn around to embrace my 
     Am
darling,
      C              G         D
Oh, instead of gold, sure 'tis brass
 I will find


      Am                        
And I wish The Queen would bring 
      C       D G
home all her armies
         C      G      Am         
From the West Indies, America and 
D
Spain.
    C                D        Am
And every man to his wedded woman
       C                  G       
Oh, in hopes that I might be with 
      D
thee again"