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
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
ⓘ Guitar chords for 'The Auld Beggarman' by June Tabor, a female folk artist from Warwick, GB. June Tabor was born in 1947.