Im A Rover
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
2nd traste
[Verse 1]
G C G
There's ne-er a night I'm gane to ramble
D
There's ne'er a night I'm gane to roam
G C G
There's ne'er a night I'm gane to ramble
D G
Into the arms of my ain true love
[Chorus]
G C G
I'm a rover, seldom sober
D
I'm a rover of high degree
G C G
It's when I'm drinking I'm always thinking
G D G
How to gain my love's company
[Verse 2]
G C G
No the neh be as dark as dungeon
D
Not a star can be seen above
G C G
I will be guided without a stumble
D G
Into the arms of my ain true love
[Chorus]
G C G
I'm a rover, seldom sober
D
I'm a rover of high degree
G C G
It's when I'm drinking I'm always thinking
G D G
How to gain my love's company
[Verse 3]
G C G
He stepped up tey her bedroom windey
D
Kneeling gently upon a stain
G C G
He whispers through her bedroom windey
D G
My darling, dear do you lie anein
[Chorus]
G C G
I'm a rover, seldom sober
D
I'm a rover of high degree
G C G
It's when I'm drinking I'm always thinking
G D G
How to gain my love's company
[Verse 4]
G C G
She raised her head from her down-soft pillow
D
Wee her erns around her breasts
G C G
Says, "why is that at my bedroom windey
G D G
d'sturbin' me at my lang nights rest?"
[Chorus]
G C G
I'm a rover, seldom sober
D
I'm a rover of high degree
G C G
It's when I'm drinking I'm always thinking
G D G
How to gain my love's company
[Verse 5]
G C G
Says I, "my love it's nay true lover,
D
open the door and let me in
G C G
For I am come on a lang nights journey
G D G
More than near drenched tey the skin"
[Chorus]
G C G
I'm a rover, seldom sober
D
I'm a rover of high degree
G C G
It's when I'm drinking I'm always thinking
G D G
How to gain my love's company
[Verse 6]
G C G
She opened the door with the greatest pleasure
D
She opened the door and let 'im in
G C G
They bey shook hands and embrased each other
G D G
Until the morning they lay as one
[Chorus]
G C G
I'm a rover, seldom sober
D
I'm a rover of high degree
G C G
It's when I'm drinking I'm always thinking
G D G
How to gain my love's company
[Verse 7]
G C G
Says I, "my love, I must go leave you
D
to climb the hills, they are far above
G C G
But I will climb with the greatest pleasure
G D G
since I've been in the arms of my love
[Chorus]
G C G
I'm a rover, seldom sober
D
I'm a rover of high degree
G C G
It's when I'm drinking I'm always thinking
G D G
How to gain my love's company
How to play Im A Rover
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.