Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 6th
- Difficulty: Beginner
🎸 Intro:
A minorAm
🎸 Verse:
E minorEm
As I come in the Overgate
A minorAm 
G+G
I met a bonnie lass
D MajorD G+G
She winked at me wi' the tail o' her e'e
C majorC G+G D MajorD
As I went rovin' past
🎸 Chorus:
A minorAm G+G
Wae my toorin a, lilt-fa-laddie
C majorC 
G/BG/B A minorAm
Lilt fa laddie, toorin aye
A minorAm G+G
With my rovin' eye folla diddle aye
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
My rovin' eye dum a derry o'
🎸 Verse:
E minorEm
I asked her if she'd come wae me
A minorAm G+G
An' drink a wee bit wine
D MajorD G+G
And as we walked along the road
C majorC G+G D MajorD
She put her haund in mine
🎸 Chorus:
A minorAm G+G
Wae my toorin a, lilt-fa-laddie
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
Lilt fa laddie, toorin aye
A minorAm G+G
With my rovin' eye folla diddle aye
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
My rovin' eye dum a derry o'
🎸 Verse:
E minorEm
Well she took me tae her sittin' room
A minorAm G+G
A augmentedA wee bit doon the burn
D MajorD G+G
It's true what Robbie Burns did say
C majorC G+G D MajorD
“A man was made tae mourn”
🎸 Chorus:
A minorAm G+G
Wae my toorin a, lilt-fa-laddie
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
Lilt fa laddie, toorin aye
A minorAm G+G
Wae my rovin' eye folla diddle aye
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
My rovin' eye dum a derry o'
A minorAm G+G
Wae my rovin' eye folla diddle aye
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
My rovin' eye dum a derry o'
🎸 Verse:
E minorEm
Well in then cam her hubby-man
A minorAm G+G
Wha hit me oan the heid
D MajorD G+G
And then he ran me doon the stair
C majorC G+G D MajorD
And I thocht I'd end up died
🎸 Chorus:
A minorAm G+G
Wae my toorin a, lilt-fa-laddie
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
Lilt fa laddie, toorin aye
A minorAm G+G
Wae my rovin' eye folla diddle aye
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
My rovin' eye dum a derry o'
A minorAm G+G
Wae my rovin' eye folla diddle aye
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
My rovin' eye dum a derry o'
🎸 Verse:
E minorEm
Well, I lost may tartan kilt
A minorAm G+G
My watch chain and my purse
D MajorD G+G
Says she “I've lost my ain gid man and
C majorC G+G D MajorD
Ye must admit that's worse”
🎸 Chorus:
A minorAm G+G
Wae my toorin a, lilt-fa-laddie
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
Lilt fa laddie, toorin aye
A minorAm G+G
Wae my rovin' eye folla diddle aye
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
My rovin' eye dum a derry o'
A minorAm G+G
Wae my rovin' eye folla diddle aye
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
My rovin' eye dum a derry o
