{title: The Wild Rover} {artist: Dubliners (Irish traditional)} # https://youtu.be/b_4KboYi40I # Tabbed by Eduard Möllenkamp, 2003 {define: D7 frets 2 0 2 0 fingers 1 0 2 0} I've [G]been a wild rover for many's a [C]year I [G]spent all me [C]money on [D7]whiskey and [G]beer But [G]now I'm returning with gold in great [C]store And [G]I never will [C]play the [D7]wild rover no [G]more {start_of_chorus} {comment: chorus} And it's [D7]no nay never, _ _ _ [G]no nay never no [C]more Will I [G]play the wild [C]rover, no [D7]never, no [G]more {end_of_chorus} I [G]went in to an alehouse I used to fre[C]quent And I [G]told the land[C]lady me [D7]money was [G]spent I [G]asked her for credit, she answered me "[C]Nay!" "Such a [G]customer as [C]yours I could [D7]have any [G]day!" {comment: chorus} I [G]took out of me pocket ten sovereigns [C]bright And the [G]landlady's [C]eyes opened [D7]wide with de[G]light She [G]said: "I have whiskeys and wines on the [C]best! And the [G]words that I [C]told you were [D7]only in [G]jest!" {comment: chorus} I'll go [G]home to my parents, confess what I've [C]done And I'll [G]ask them to [C]pardon their [D7]prodigal [G]son And [G]when they've caressed me as oft times be[C]fore I [G]never will [C]play the wild [D7]rover no [G]more. {comment: chorus 2x}