Misc Traditional – The Ramblin Rover (Guitar)

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                         D
   Chorus: Oh, there are sober men and plenty,

And drunkards barely twenty,

                     G           D
           There are men of over ninety,

                    Em                 G
           Who have never yet kissed a girl.

                    D
           But give me a rambling rover,

Then cart me down to Dover,

                 G                D
           We'll rove the country over,

                  Em          A        D
           And together we'll face the world.

                    D
1st Verse: Oh, they roamed through all the nations

Taken delight in all creation

                     G             D
           And I've tried a wee sensation,

                    Em                 G
           When the company did prove kind.

                     D
           Then when parting was no pleasure

I drank another measure

                  G                    D
           To the good friends that we treasure

                       Em        A     D
           For they'll always be on my mind.

                         D
   Chorus: Oh, there are sober men and plenty,

And drunkards barely twenty,

                     G           D
           There are men of over ninety,

                    Em                 G
           Who have never yet kissed a girl.

                    D
           But give me a rambling rover,

Then cart me down to Dover,

                 G                D
           We'll rove the country over,

                  Em          A        D
           And together we'll face the world.

                     D
2nd Verse: There are those who feign enjoyment

From merciless employment

                 G           D
           Their mission was deployment

                    Em                   G
           From the minute they left the school

                    D
           And they save, scrape and plunder

While the rest go out and squander

                   G                  D
           See the world and rove and wander

                       Em      A    D
           And they're happier as a fool.

                         D
   Chorus: Oh, there are sober men and plenty,

And drunkards barely twenty,

                     G           D
           There are men of over ninety,

                    Em                 G
           Who have never yet kissed a girl.

                    D
           But give me a rambling rover,

Then cart me down to Dover,

                 G                D
           We'll rove the country over,

                  Em          A        D
           And together we'll face the world.

                     D
3rd Verse: If you're bent with arthritis

Your bowels have got colitis

                     G              D
           You've a galloping bollockitis      

                    Em                       G
           And your thinking it's time you'd died

                     D
           If you've been a man of action

You're lying there in traction

                   G              D
           You can gain some satisfaction

                     Em        A       D
           Thinkin' "Golly, at least I tried".

                         D
   Chorus: Oh, there are sober men and plenty,

And drunkards barely twenty,

                     G           D
           There are men of over ninety,

                    Em                 G
           Who have never yet kissed a girl.

                    D
           But give me a rambling rover,

Then cart me down to Dover,

                 G                D
           We'll rove the country over,

                  Em          A        D
           And together we'll face the world.