The Wild Rover - Traditional Irish Chords

The Wild Rover - Traditional Irish Chords

VERSE 1:
     G                                 C
I've been a wild rover, for many's the year
         G            D                    G
And I've spent all me money on whiskey and beer
                                         C
But now I'm returning with gold in great store
      G          D                      G
And I never will play the wild rover no more

CHORUS:
         D             D7
And it's no, nay, never 
G                  C
No, nay, never, no more
       G             D
Will I play the wild rover
    G   D   G
No, never, no more


VERSE 2:
       G                              C
I went into an alehouse, I used to frequent
      G            D                 G
And I told the landlady me money was spent
                                        C
I asked her for credit, she answered my nay
       G           D                   G
Such a custom like yours I can get any day

CHORUS:
         D             D7
And it's no, nay, never 
G                  C
No, nay, never, no more
       G             D
Will I play the wild rover
    G   D   G
No, never, no more


VERSE 3:  
  G                                      C
I brought from my pocket, ten sovereigns bright
        G          D                     G
And the landlady’s face opened up with delight
                                          C
She said I have whiskeys and wines of the best
        G            D                       G
And the words that I said-to-ya were only in jest

CHORUS:
         D             D7
And it's no, nay, never 
G                  C
No, nay, never, no more
       G             D
Will I play the wild rover
    G   D   G
No, never, no more


VERSE 4:
        G                                     C
I'll go home to my parents, confess what I've done
         G            D                     G
And I'll ask that the pardon their prodigal son
                                     C
And if the caress me, as oft times before
       G          D                      G
Then I never will play the wild rover no more

CHORUS:
         D             D7
And it's no, nay, never 
G                  C
No, nay, never, no more
       G             D
Will I play the wild rover
    G   D   G
No, never, no more

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