The Irish Rovers – The Wild Rover No Nay Never (Guitar)

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THE WILD ROVER Key of G, Waltz [Intro] G G C C D D G G (last line of chorus) [Verse]
     G           G          G      C  C       G            C        D         G d e f#
I've been a Wild Rover, for many a year, I've spent all me money on whiskey & beer

    G          G            G             C   C
But now I'm re-turning with gold in great store

      G          C             D        G
And I never will play the Wild Rover no more
[Chorus]
         Am   Am    D      d e f#    G         G         C   C
And it's no, nay, never (clap x 4), no, nay, never, no more

       G   G         C    C     D   D     G     G
Will I play the Wild Rover, No, never, no more
[Verse]
  G          Em           G           C    C    G             C       D         G d e f#
I went to an ale house I used to fre-quent & I told the land-lady me money was spent

  G             G           G            C  C
I asked her for credit, she answered me “nay,

       G         C           D       G
Such a custom as yours I can get any day.” . . . 
[Chorus]
         Am   Am    D      d e f#    G         G         C   C
And it's no, nay, never (clap x 4), no, nay, never, no more

       G   G         C    C     D   D     G     G
Will I play the Wild Rover, No, never, no more
[Verse]
  G               Em           G          C   C 
I brought from my pocket, ten sovereigns bright

        G          C           D            G d e f#
And the landlady’s eyes opened wide with de-light

    G            Em          G            C   C
She said “I have whiskeys & wines of the best

        G            C             D       G
And the words that I told you were only in jest.”. . . 
[Chorus]
         Am   Am    D      d e f#    G         G         C   C
And it's no, nay, never (clap x 4), no, nay, never, no more

       G   G         C    C     D   D     G     G
Will I play the Wild Rover, No, never, no more
[Verse]
         G             Em              G             C  C 
“You can keep all your whiskey & your beer likewise too

    G           C          D             G d e f#
For not another penny am I spending with you

        G          Em        G           C    C
For the money I’ve got, I’m taking good care

      G          C             D        G
And I never will play the Wild Rover no more.”
[Chorus]
         Am   Am    D      d e f#   G          G     
And it's no, nay, never (clap x 4), no, nay, never, 
Cchord Gchord Cchord Dchord Gchord No more, will I play the Wild Rover, no, never, no more.