Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 2nd
- Difficulty: Beginner
Key: A
♫ Intro:
G G G G
♫ Chorus:
G
Oh, there're sober men aplenty
G
And drunkards barely twenty
C G
There are men of over ninety
Am D
That have never yet kissed a girl.
Em
But give me a ramblin' rover
G
And fair Orkney down to Dover.
C G
We will roam the country over
D G
And together we'll face the world.
♫ Verse 1:
G
I've roamed through all the nations
G
Ta'en delight in all creation
C G
And I've tried a wee sensation
Am D
Where the company, did prove kind.
G
And when partin' was no pleasure
G
I've drunk another measure
C G
To the good friends that were treasure
D G
For they always are in our minds.
♫ Chorus:
G
Oh, there're sober men aplenty
G
And drunkards barely twenty
C G
There are men of over ninety
Am D
That have never yet kissed a girl.
Em
But give me a ramblin' rover
G
And fair Orkney down to Dover.
C G
We will roam the country over
D G
And together we'll face the world.
♫ Verse 2:
G
There's many that feign enjoyment
G
From merciless employment
C G
Their ambition was this deployment
Am D
From the minute they left the school.
G
And they save and scrape and ponder
G
While the rest go out and squander
C G
See the world and rove and wander
D C
And are happier as a rule.
G
♫ Chorus:
G
Oh, there're sober men aplenty
G
And drunkards barely twenty
C G
There are men of over ninety
Am D
That have never yet kissed a girl.
Em
But give me a ramblin' rover
G
And fair Orkney down to Dover.
C G
We will roam the country over
D C
And together we'll face the world.
♫ Instrumental:
G G C G Am D
Em G C G D G
♫ Verse 3:
G
If you're bent wi' arth-i-ritis
G
Your bowels have got colitis
C G
You've gallopin' with bollockitis
Am D
And you're thinkin' it's time you died
G
If you been a man of action
G
Though you're lying there in traction
C C C
You will get some satisfaction
D D D
Thinkin', "Jesus, at least I tried."
♫ Chorus:
G N.C.
Oh, there're sober men aplenty
G N.C
And drunkards barely twenty
C G
There are men of over ninety
Am D
That have never yet kissed a girl.
Em
But give me a ramblin' rover
G
And fair Orkney down to Dover.
C G
We will roam the country over
D G
And together we'll face the world.
♫ Chorus:
G
Oh, there're sober men aplenty
G
And drunkards barely twenty
C G
There are men of over ninety
Am D
That have never yet kissed a girl.
Em
But give me a ramblin' rover
G
And fair Orkney down to Dover.
C G
We will roam the country over
D G
And together we'll face the world.
♫ Outro: Single Strum
C G
We will roam the country over
D G
And together we'll face the world.
