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Version 1THE WILD ROVER Key of G, Waltz [Intro] G G C C D D G G (last line of chorus) [Verse] G G G C C G C D G d e f# I've been a Wild Rover, for many a year, I've spent all me money on whiskey & beer G G G C C But now I'm re-turning with gold in great store G C D G And I never will play the Wild Rover no more [Chorus] Am Am D d e f# G G C C And it's no, nay, never (clap x 4), no, nay, never, no more G G C C D D G G Will I play the Wild Rover, No, never, no more [Verse] G Em G C C G C D G d e f# I went to an ale house I used to fre-quent & I told the land-lady me money was spent G G G C C I asked her for credit, she answered me “nay, G C D G Such a custom as yours I can get any day.” . . . [Chorus] Am Am D d e f# G G C C And it's no, nay, never (clap x 4), no, nay, never, no more G G C C D D G G Will I play the Wild Rover, No, never, no more [Verse] G Em G C C I brought from my pocket, ten sovereigns bright G C D G d e f# And the landlady’s eyes opened wide with de-light G Em G C C She said “I have whiskeys & wines of the best G C D G And the words that I told you were only in jest.”. . . [Chorus] Am Am D d e f# G G C C And it's no, nay, never (clap x 4), no, nay, never, no more G G C C D D G G Will I play the Wild Rover, No, never, no more [Verse] G Em G C C “You can keep all your whiskey & your beer likewise too G C D G d e f# For not another penny am I spending with you G Em G C C For the money I’ve got, I’m taking good care G C D G And I never will play the Wild Rover no more.” [Chorus] Am Am D d e f# G G And it's no, nay, never (clap x 4), no, nay, never, Cchord Gchord Cchord Dchord Gchord No more, will I play the Wild Rover, no, never, no more.