• Song:

    The Wild Rover

  • Artist:

    Dubliners

  • Album:

    A Time To Remember

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Wild Rover chords
Scottish / Irish Folk

G (320003@1)                              CI've (x32010@1)been a wild rover for many's the year
     G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)         GI've (320003@1)spent all me money on whiskey and beer
                                         CBut (x32010@1)now I'm returning with gold in great store
      G (320003@1)                      D (xx0232@1)      GAnd (320003@1)I never will play the wild rover no more

D (xx0232@1)And it's No, Nay, never, 
G (320003@1)               CNo, (x32010@1)nay, never no more 
       G (320003@1)           CWill (x32010@1)I play the wild rover,
G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)GNo (320003@1)never no more

G (320003@1)                                 CI (x32010@1)went in to an alehouse I used to frequent
      G (320003@1)                  D (xx0232@1)       GAnd (320003@1)I told the landlady me money was spent
                                        CI (x32010@1)asked her for credit, she answered me nay
       G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)      GSuch (320003@1)a customer as you I can have any day

D (xx0232@1)And it's No, Nay, never, 
G (320003@1)               CNo, (x32010@1)nay, never no more 
       G (320003@1)           CWill (x32010@1)I play the wild rover,
G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)GNo (320003@1)never no more

G (320003@1)                                    CI (x32010@1)took up from my pocket, ten sovereigns bright
        G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)         GAnd (320003@1)the landlady's eyes opened wide with delight
                                           CShe (x32010@1)says "I have whiskeys and wines of the best
        G (320003@1)                         D (xx0232@1)     GAnd (320003@1)the words that you told me were only in jest"

D (xx0232@1)And it's No, Nay, never, 
G (320003@1)               CNo, (x32010@1)nay, never no more 
       G (320003@1)           CWill (x32010@1)I play the wild rover,
G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)GNo (320003@1)never no more

G (320003@1)                                      CI'll (x32010@1)go home to my parents, confess what I've done
         G (320003@1)                      D (xx0232@1)      GAnd (320003@1)I'll ask them to pardon their prodigal son
                                             CAnd, (x32010@1)when they've caressed me as oft times before
        G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)      GI (320003@1)never will play the wild rover no more

D (xx0232@1)And it's No, Nay, never, 
G (320003@1)               CNo, (x32010@1)nay, never no more 
       G (320003@1)           CWill (x32010@1)I play the wild rover,
G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)GNo (320003@1)never no more

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