The Auld Beggarman chords by June Tabor

Guitar chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice


Intro:
G+G  C majorC    D MajorD  G+G    C majorC D MajorD G+G

Verse:
                       C majorC
Oh, as I was a-linking o'er the lea
                     D MajorD
The finest weel that ever I did see
G+G
Looking for his charity
           C majorC       D MajorD         G+G
"Would you lodge a lame poor man "


Verse:
                            C majorC
For the night being wet and it being cold
                     D MajorD
She took pity on the poor old soul
G+G
She took pity on the poor old soul
        C majorC        D MajorD      G+G
And she bade him to sit down


Chorus:
                             C majorC
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
                 D MajorD
Right ton nooran fol a doo-a-dee
G+G
Tooran nooran nooran nee
      C majorC      D MajorD      G+G
And a tooran nooran-i-do

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Verse:
                       C majorC
He sat him down in the chimbley nook
                          D MajorD
The bonnie young daughter gave him a look
     G+G
He's thrown his bags behind a crook
    C majorC       D MajorD      G+G
And merrily he did sing


Verse:
                      C majorC
Oh, he grew canty and she was fain
                   D MajorD
But little did the old mother ken
G+G
Just what the two of them were saying
C majorC       D MajorD       G+G
As they sat sae thrag


Chorus:
                             C majorC
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D MajorD                G+G
Fol a doo-a-dee
C majorC       D MajorD       G+G
As they sat sae thrag


Verse:
                          C majorC
“Oh, if I was as black as I am white
                      D MajorD
Just like the snow on yon fell-dyke
    G+G
I'd dress myself so beggar-like
     C majorC        D MajorD       G+G
And away with you I'd gang”


Verse:
                            C majorC
“Oh, lassie, lassie, you're far too young
                                    D MajorD
And you haven't got the lilt of the begging tongue
    G+G
You haven't got the lilt of the begging tongue
   C majorC           D MajorD      G+G
So with me you cannot gang”


Chorus:
                             C majorC
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D MajorD
Fol a doo-a-dee
G+G
Tooran nooran nooran nee
C majorC           D MajorD      G+G
With me you cannot gang”


Verse:
                              C majorC
“I'll burden my back and I'll bend my knee
                  D MajorD
Put a black patch on my e'e
G+G
And for a beggar they'll take me
     C majorC        D MajorD        G+G
And away with you I'll gang”


Chorus:
                             C majorC    D MajorD
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
       G+G
With a tooran nooran nooran nee
     C majorC        D MajorD        G+G
And away with you I'll gang”


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


Verse:
                            C majorC
For all that the doors were locked quite tight
                          D MajorD
The old woman rose in the middle of the night
    G+G
The old woman rose in the middle of the night
       C majorC        D MajorD       G+G
But to find the old man gone


Verse:
                                   C majorC
Oh, she's run to the cupboard, likewise to the chest
                     D MajorD
All things there and nothing missed
G+G
Clapping her hands, "And the dear be blessed
       C majorC     D MajorD          G+G
Wasn't he an honest old man "


Chorus:
                             C majorC
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D MajorD                G+G
Fol a doo-a-dee
       C majorC     D MajorD          G+G
Wasn't he an honest old man "


Verse:
                                    C majorC
Oh, the breakfast was ready and the table laid
                          D MajorD
The old woman went for to waken the maid
    G+G
The bed was there but the maid was gone
 C majorC            D MajorD         G+G
Away with the lame poor man


Chorus:
                            C majorC
And a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D MajorD
Fol a doo-a-dee
G+G
Tooran nooran nooran nee
 C majorC            D MajorD         G+G
Away with the lame poor man


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


Verse:
                     C majorC
Now seven years were passed and gone
                     D MajorD
This old beggar come back again
G+G
Looking for his charity
           C majorC       D MajorD         G+G
“Would you lodge a lame poor man ”


Verse:
                        C majorC
“Oh, I never lodged any but the one
                    D MajorD
And with him my one daughter did gang
      G+G
And I choose you to be the very one
         C majorC        D MajorD     G+G
And I'll have you to be gone”


Chorus:
                             C majorC    D MajorD
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
G+G
Tooran nooran nooran nee
     C majorC        D MajorD     G+G
I'll have you to be gone


Verse:
                      C majorC
“If your one daughter you want to see
                     D MajorD
She has two bairnies on her knee
    G+G
She has two bairnies on her knee
      C majorC         D MajorD      G+G
And a third one coming round


Verse:
                  C majorC
“Yonder she sits, yonder she stands
                    D MajorD
The fairest lady in all Scotland
G+G
She has servants at her command
          C majorC             D MajorD         G+G
Since she went with the lame poor man”


Chorus:
                            C majorC
And a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D MajorD                G+G
Fol a doo-a-dee
G+G
Nan tan nee
          C majorC             D MajorD         G+G
Since she went with the lame poor man”


Chorus:
                            C majorC
And a tooran nooran nan tan nee
                 D MajorD
Right ton nooran fol a doo-a-dee
G+G
Tooran nooran nooran nee
C majorC      D MajorD      G+G
Tooran nooran-i-do