Wild Rover

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[Verse]
      A                            
I've been the wild rover for many's
      D
 the year
           A             E   
And I've spent all me money on 
               A
whiskey and beer
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But now I'm returning with gold in 
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great store
       A           E              
And I never will play the wild 
       A
rover no more

[Chorus]
          E                  A    
And it's no, nay, never,        
              D
no, nay, never no more
         A            D       
Will I play the wild rover, no, 
   E        A
never no more

[Verse]
   A                           
I went to an alehouse I used to 
      D
frequent
       A            E             
And I told the landlady me money 
     A
was spent
  A                                
I asked her for credit, she 
       D
answered me "nay"
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         A         E              
"Such a custom as yours I can have
        A
 every day"

[Verse]
        A                    
I then took from me money ten 
              D
sovereigns bright
         A         E              
And the landlady's eyes opened 
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wide with delight
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She says "I have whiskeys and wines
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 of the best"
         A              E         
And the words that you told me 
           A
were only in jest

[Chorus]
          E                  A    
And it's no, nay, never,        
                 D
no, nay, never no more
         A            D       
Will I play the wild rover, no, 
   E        A
never no more
          E                  A    
And it's no, nay, never,        
                 D
no, nay, never no more
         A            D       
Will I play the wild rover, no, 
   E        D   E
never no more

[Interlude]
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[Verse]
      A                      A 
I'll home to my parents, confess 
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what I'd done
         A            E           
And I'll ask them to pardon their 
          A
prodigal son
      A                        
And when they've caressed me as 
 A           D
ofttimes before
   A           E                  
I never will play the wild rover 
   A
no more

[Chorus]
          E                  A    
And it's no, nay, never,        
                 D
no, nay, never no more
         A            D       
Will I play the wild rover, no, 
   E        A
never no more
          E                  A  N.C.
               D
And it's no, nay, never,        no, 
nay, never no more
         A            D       
Will I play the wild rover, no, 
   E        A
never no more

         A            D       
Will I play the wild rover, no, 
   E        A
never no more