Ramblin Rover chords by Traditional Irish

Chords with lyrics

D MajorD
Chorus:  Oh, there are sober men and plenty,

      And drunkards barely twenty,
           G+G      D MajorD
      There are men of over ninety,
          E minorEm         G+G
      Who have never yet kissed a girl.
          D MajorD
      But give me a rambling rover,

      Then cart me down to Dover,
         G+G        D MajorD
      We'll rove the country over,
         E minorEm     A augmentedA    D MajorD
      And together we'll face the world.

           D MajorD
Verse 1  There are those who feign enjoyment

      From merciless employment
         G+G      D MajorD
      Their mission was deployment
          E minorEm          G+G
      From the minute they left the school
          D MajorD
      And they save, scrape and plunder

      While the rest go out and squander
          G+G         D MajorD
      See the world and rove and wander
            E minorEm   A augmentedA  D MajorD
      And they're happier as a fool.


            D MajorD
Chorus:  Oh, there are sober men and plenty,

      And drunkards barely twenty,
           G+G      D MajorD
      There are men of over ninety,
          E minorEm         G+G
      Who have never yet kissed a girl.
          D MajorD
      But give me a rambling rover,

      Then cart me down to Dover,
         G+G        D MajorD
      We'll rove the country over,
         E minorEm     A augmentedA    D MajorD
      And together we'll face the world.

          D MajorD
Verse 2:  Oh, they roamed through all the nations

      Taken delight in all creation
           G+G       D MajorD
      And I've tried a wee sensation,
          E minorEm         G+G
      When the company did prove kind.
           D MajorD
      Then when parting was no pleasure

      I drank another measure
         G+G          D MajorD
      To the good friends that we treasure
            E minorEm    A augmentedA   D MajorD
      For they'll always be on my mind.


            D MajorD
Chorus:  Oh, there are sober men and plenty,

      And drunkards barely twenty,
           G+G      D MajorD
      There are men of over ninety,
          E minorEm         G+G
      Who have never yet kissed a girl.
          D MajorD
      But give me a rambling rover,

      Then cart me down to Dover,
         G+G        D MajorD
      We'll rove the country over,
         E minorEm     A augmentedA    D MajorD
      And together we'll face the world.


           D MajorD
Verse 3:  If you're bent with arthritis

      Your bowels have got colitis
           G+G       D MajorD
      You've a galloping bollockitis
          E minorEm            G+G
      And your thinking it's time you'd died
           D MajorD
      If you've been a man of action

      You're lying there in traction
          G+G       D MajorD
      You can gain some satisfaction
           E minorEm    A augmentedA    D MajorD
      Thinkin' "Golly, at least I tried".


            D MajorD
Chorus:  Oh, there are sober men and plenty,

      And drunkards barely twenty,
           G+G      D MajorD
      There are men of over ninety,
          E minorEm         G+G
      Who have never yet kissed a girl.
          D MajorD
      But give me a rambling rover,

      Then cart me down to Dover,
         G+G        D MajorD
      We'll rove the country over,
         E minorEm     A augmentedA    D MajorD