Chords with lyrics
Intro
A minorAm DmDm FF G+G C majorC FF C majorC DmDm G+G
FF G+G DmDm FF G+G
Verse
DmDm FF G+G C majorC
As I roved out on a bright May morning
FF C majorC DmDm G+G
To view beyond, the meadows and flowers gay
FF G+G DmDm
Whom should I spy but my own true lover
FF G+G
As she sat under yon willow tree
Verse
DmDm FF G+G C majorC
I took off my hat and I did salute her
FF C majorC DmDm G+G
Oh, I did salute her most courageously
FF G+G DmDm
When she turned around, well, the tears fell down from her
FF G+G
Saying, "False young man, you have deluded me"
Verse
DmDm FF G+G C majorC
"And a diamond ring I owned, I gave you
FF A minorAm DmDm G+G
A augmentedA hard diamond ring to wear on your right hand
FF G+G DmDm
But the vows you made, love, you went and broke them
FF G+G
And married the lassie that had the land"
Verse
DmDm FF G+G C majorC
"If I married the lassie that had the land, my love
FF C majorC DmDm G+G
It's that I'll rue till the day I die
FF G+G DmDm
When misfortune falls, sure no man can shun it
FF G+G
I was blindfolded, I'll ne'er deny"
Instrumental
DmDm FF G+G C majorC FF C majorC DmDm G+G
FF G+G DmDm FF G+G
Verse
DmDm FF G+G C majorC
Now at nights when I go to my bed of slumber
FF C majorC DmDm G+G
My thoughts of my true love, run in my mind
FF G+G DmDm
When I turned around to embrace my darling
FF G+G
Instead of gold, sure it's brass I find
Verse
DmDm FF G+G C majorC
And I wish the Queen would call home her army
FF A minorAm DmDm G+G
From the West Indies, Amerikay and Spain
FF G+G DmDm
And every man to his wedded woman
FF G+G
In hopes that you and I will meet again
Outro
A minorAm DmDm FF G+G C majorC FF C majorC DmDm G+G
FF G+G DmDm FF G+G