Roger The Miller chords by Karan Casey

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

xKaran Casey - Roger The Miller


Capo 4


Verse 1:
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Young Roger the miller came courting of late
                  E minorEm    C majorC
To a farmer's fine daughter called beautiful Kate
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She had for her fortune a many fine things
A minorAm            D MajorD
Beautiful silks and gold, diamonds and rings
  G+G     D MajorD     C majorC      B minorBm
Her father, he gave her a neat plot of ground
    E minorEm
She had also a fortune
    C majorC   B minorBm     D MajorD      G+G   C majorC G+G D MajorD
She had also a fortune of five hundred pounds

Verse 2:
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Then the money and supper, they both were laid down
                 E minorEm      C majorC
Well, it was a great sight to see five hundred pounds
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The sight of that money and beauty likewise
   A minorAm            D MajorD
Made Roger's heart greedy and dazzled his eyes
 G+G       D MajorD      C majorC    B minorBm
"Now that your daughter and money is here
   E minorEm
'Tis I will not have her
   C majorC     B minorBm      D MajorD       G+G  C majorC G+G D MajorD
'Tis I will not have her without that grey mare"

Verse 3:
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Then the money and supper were taken from sight
               E minorEm      C majorC
And likewise young Kathy, his own heart's delight
G+G          B minorBm
Roger was taken and shown out the door
  A minorAm           D MajorD
And ordered not for to come there anymore
   G+G      D MajorD      C majorC      B minorBm
'Twas then he did tear at his long yellow hair
      E minorEm
Saying, "I wish I had never
 C majorC     B minorBm     D MajorD      G+G  C majorC G+G D MajorD
I wish I had never spoke of that grey mare"

Verse 4:
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Now it was when six months, they were over and past
             E minorEm      C majorC
And Roger the miller, he met with his lass
  G+G             B minorBm
"I think I do know you then, madam," said he
  A minorAm            D MajorD
"I am the same way with you, sir," said she
  G+G       D MajorD       C majorC      B minorBm
"A man with your features with fine yellow hair
    E minorEm
Oh, he once came a-courting
  C majorC      B minorBm     D MajorD       G+G
He once came a-courting my father's grey mare"

Instrumental:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD

Verse 5:
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"Well, it was not a-courting the grey mare I came
             E minorEm    C majorC
But you, my own jewel, my Kathy by name
 G+G               B minorBm
I thought that your father would never dispute
  A minorAm             D MajorD
To give me the grey mare with you to boot
  G+G      D MajorD      C majorC    B minorBm
And not to risk lose such a dutiful son
     E minorEm
Oh, it's now I am sorry
   C majorC    B minorBm    D MajorD      G+G   D MajorD
It's now I am sorry for what I have done"

Verse 6:
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"For your sorrow, young Roger, I have little regard
                 E minorEm     C majorC
For there's plenty of men in this town to be had
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If you forgot the grey mare, you'd be married, you see
  A minorAm            D MajorD
But now you have neither the grey mare nor me
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The price of that mare, it was never so great
  E minorEm
Oh, fare you well, Roger
  C majorC       B minorBm       D MajorD     G+G   C majorC G+G D MajorD
Oh, fare you well, Roger, you're a sorrowful state"

Verse 7:
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Now Roger's away to his desolate home
                 E minorEm    C majorC
And he sighs as he sits there and sups all alone
G+G            B minorBm
Kathy, she sings, she is happy and gay
    A minorAm           D MajorD
She has wed a young miller who works the long day
G+G         D MajorD      C majorC    B minorBm
Lads, when you're courting, be always aware
  E minorEm
To court with a young maid
  C majorC      B minorBm       D MajorD      G+G
To court with a young maid and not the grey mare

Outro:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
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