Chords with lyrics
Intro:
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E|--3---2---2-------------------|------------5-----5-3-5-3---------|
C|--------4-----4-2-4-2---------|------2-------------------4---4---|
G|----------------------4---4---|--4-6-----4---4-------------------|
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E|--3---2---2-------------------|--------2-----------5-3-----------|
C|--------4-----4-2-3-2---------|----2-4---4-2---2--------6-4---4--|
G|----------------------4---4---|--4-----------4---4---------------|
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
Interlude 1:
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
Interlude 2:
G C D
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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
Outro:
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