Wild Rover

                                    The Wild Rover

[Verse]
          G                                      C
          I've been a wild rover, for many's the year
               G            D                    G
          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 (clap-clap-clap-clap)
                   G                  C
                   No, nay, never, no more
                          G             C
                   Will I play the wild rover
                       G      D  G
                   No, never, no more


[Verse]
          G                                      C
          I went to an ale house, 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 as yours I can get any day


[Chorus]
                            D        D7
                   And it's no, nay, never (clap-clap-clap-clap)
                   G                  C
                   No, nay, never, no more
                          G             C
                   Will I play the wild rover
                       G      D  G
                   No, never, no more

          G                                          C
          I brought from my pocket, ten souvereigns bright
               G             D                    G
          And the landladys eyes opened wide with delight
                                                    C
          She said I have whiskeys and wines of the best
                  G            D                     G
          And the words that I told you were only in jest


[Chorus]
                            D        D7
                   And it's no, nay, never (clap-clap-clap-clap)
                   G                  C
                   No, nay, never, no more
                          G             C
                   Will I play the wild rover
                       G      D  G
                   No, never, no more

          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
          I never will play the wild rover no more
  
[Chorus]
                            D        D7
                   And it's no, nay, never (clap-clap-clap-clap)
                   G                  C
                   No, nay, never, no more
                          G             C
                   Will I play the wild rover
                       G      D  G
                   No, never, no more