As I Roved Out chords by The High Kings

Chords with lyrics

verse 1
A minorAm
As I roved out on a May morning
A minorAm
On a May morning right early
  C majorC      G+G
I spied my love upon the way
           A minorAm
Oh, Lord but she was early.

A minorAm
Her boots were black, her stockings white
A minorAm
And her buckles shone like silver
   C majorC         G+G
She had a dark and a roving eye
                 A minorAm
And her ear-rings touched her shoulder.

And she sang
C majorC
lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee,
     G+G
And she high-di-lan-di-dee,

and she high-di-lan-di-dee and
A minorAm
she lan-ded x2
A minorAm
she lan-ded

verse 2
A minorAm
?How old are you my bonny, wee girl?
A minorAm
How old are you my Darling?
   C majorC           G+G
How old are you my bonny, wee girl?"
            A minorAm
?I?ll be seventeen on Sunday.?

A minorAm
I went to her house on the top of the hill
A minorAm
When the moon was shining clearly.
   C majorC       G+G
She arose to let me in
                A minorAm
But her mother chanced to hear me.

And she sang
C majorC
lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee,
     G+G
And she high-di-lan-di-dee,

and she high-di-lan-di-dee and
A minorAm
she lan-ded x2
A minorAm
she lan-ded

verse 3
A minorAm
She grabbed her by the hair of her head
A minorAm
And out of the room she brought her,
   C majorC          G+G
And with the root of a hazel branch
            A minorAm
She was a well-beat daughter.

A minorAm
?Will you marry me now my soldier boy
A minorAm
Will you marry me now or never?
      C majorC        G+G
Will you marry me now my soldier boy
            A minorAm
Can you see I?m done forever.?

A minorAm
?Well I won?t marry you my bonny wee girl,
A minorAm
I won?t marry you my Darling.
  C majorC       G+G
For I have got a wife at home
          A minorAm
And how could I disown her??

And she sang
C majorC
lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee,
     G+G
And she high-di-lan-di-dee,

and she high-di-lan-di-dee and
A minorAm
she lan-ded x2

Verse
A minorAm
A augmentedA pint at night is my delight
A minorAm
And a gallon in the morning.
     C majorC    G+G
The old women are my heart break
              A minorAm
But the young ones are my darlings.

A minorAm
As I roved out on a May morning
A minorAm
On a May morning right early
  C majorC       G+G
I spied my love upon the way
           A minorAm
Oh, Lord but she was early.

And she sang
C majorC
lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee,
     G+G
And she high-di-lan-di-dee,

and she high-di-lan-di-dee and
A minorAm
she lan-ded x3
A minorAm
she lan-ded