Handsome Molly chords by Doc Watson

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G D MajorD G+G


Verse 1:
G+G
I wish I were in London,
           D MajorD
Or some other seaport town
D MajorD
Set my foot in a steamboat
          G+G
And sail the ocean 'round.

Verse 2:
G+G
While sailing on the ocean,
           D MajorD
While sailing on the sea
D MajorD
I'd think of handsome Molly
          G+G
Wherever she might be.


Break:
G+G D MajorD G+G


Verse 3:
G+G
Remember Handsome Molly
              D MajorD
When you gave me your right hand?
D MajorD
And you said if you were to marry
        G+G
Then I'd be the man.


Verse 4:
G+G
But now you broke your promise
         D MajorD
Go marry whom you please
D MajorD
While my poor heart is breaking
           G+G
You're going at your ease.

Break:
G+G D MajorD G+G


Verse 5:
G+G
She goes to church on Sunday
           D MajorD
And she passes me on by
D MajorD
I can tell her mind is changin'
           G+G
By the roving of her eye.


Verse 6:
G+G
Her hair is black as a raven
            D MajorD
Her eyes are black as a crow
D MajorD
Her cheeks look like linens
          G+G
out in the morning glow


Break:
G+G D MajorD G+G


Verse 7:
G+G
I wish I were in London,
           D MajorD
Or some other seaport town
D MajorD
Set my foot in a steamboat
          G+G
And sail the ocean 'round.


Verse 8:
G+G
While sailing on the ocean,
           D MajorD
While sailing on the sea
D MajorD
I'd think of handsome Molly
          G+G
Wherever she might be.