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Nancy Mulligan by Ed Sheeran

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Verse 1:
Em                      C          D                     Em                        
I was twenty-four years old when I met the woman I would call my own
       Em                 C       G           C               D       Em                   
Twenty-two grand kids now growing old in that house that your brother bought ya
       Em                   C        D                           Em                  
On the summer day when I proposed, I made that wedding ring from dentist gold
      Em                        C            G   C         D        Em                  
And I asked her father, but her daddy said, "No, you can't marry my daughter"

 
Chorus 1:
G              C      G    D                  C  G
She and I went on the run, don't care about religion
G                   C       G     C           D       Em                  
I'm gonna marry the woman I love, down by the Wexford border
G             C    G        D             C   G 
She was Nancy Mulligan, and I was William Sheeran
G                         C       G    C           D       Em                  
She took my name and then we were one, down by the Wexford border

Em  C   D   Em                        
Em  C   G   C   D   Em

Verse 2:
       Em                                   C        D                    Em     
Well I met her at Guy's in the second world war, and she was working on a soldier's ward
      Em              C        G         C      D      Em                   
Never had I seen such beauty before, the moment that I saw her
Em                  C         D                      Em                        
Nancy was my yellow rose, and we got married wearing borrowed clothes
       Em                 C       G    C         D         Em                   
We got eight children now growing old, five sons and three daughters


Chorus 2:
G              C      G    D                  C  G
She and I went on the run, don't care about religion
G                   C       G     C           D       Em                  
I'm gonna marry the woman I love, down by the Wexford border
G             C    G        D             C   G 
She was Nancy Mulligan, and I was William Sheeran
G                         C       G    C           D       Em                  
She took my name and then we were one, down by the Wexford border


Verse 3:
         Em                                 C          D                     Em 
From her snow white streak in her jet black hair, over sixty years I've been loving her
          Em                     C      G                C      D  Em                   
Now we're sat by the fire in our old armchairs, you know Nancy, I adore ya
       Em                         C     D                         Em                        
From a farm boy born near Belfast town, I never worried about the king and crown
         Em                      C        G                  C           D   Em                   
'Cause I found my heart upon the southern ground, there's no difference, I assure ya


Chorus 3:
G              C      G    D                  C  G
She and I went on the run, don't care about religion
G                   C       G     C           D       Em                  
I'm gonna marry the woman I love, down by the Wexford border
G             C    G        D             C   G 
She was Nancy Mulligan, and I was William Sheeran
G                         C       G    C           D       Em                  
She took my name and then we were one, down by the Wexford border