Strumming pattern with chord changes:
Verse
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| [Em] [C] | [D] [Em] | [Em] [C] [G] | [C] [D] [Em] |
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| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Chorus
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| [G] [C] [G] | [D] [C] [G] | [G] [C] [G] | [C] [D] [Em] |
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| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
[Interlude and Outro]
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| [G] [C] | [D] | [G] [C] | [D] [G] |
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| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro
e|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|--8---7---7-------------------|----------------------------------|
G|--------9-----9-7-9-7---------|----6-7---------------------------|
D|----------------------9---9---|--9-------9-7-9---7-5-7-5---------|
A|------------------------------|--------------------------7---7---|
E|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
e|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|--8---7---7-------------------|--------7-------------------------|
G|--------9-----9-7-9-7---------|----7-9---9-7---7-----------------|
D|----------------------9---9---|--9-----------9---9-7-------------|
A|------------------------------|----------------------10-9-7---7--|
E|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Verse 1
[Em] [C] [D] [Em]
I was twenty-four years old when I met the woman I would call my own
[Em] [C] [G] [C] [D] [Em]
Twenty-two grand kids now growing old in that house that your brother bought ya
[Em] [C] [D] [Em]
On the summer day when I proposed, I made that wedding ring from dentist gold
[Em] [C] [G] [C] [D] [Em]
And I asked her father but her daddy said no, you can't marry my daughter
Chorus 1
[G] [C] [G] [D] [C] [G]
She and I went on the run, don't care about religion
[G] [C] [G] [C] [D] [Em]
I'm gonna marry the woman I love, down by the Wexford border
[G] [C] [G] [D] [C] [G]
She was Nancy Mulligan, and I was William Sheeran
[G] [C] [G] [C] [D] [Em]
She took my name and then we were one, down by the Wexford border
[Em] [C] [D] [Em]
[Em] [C] [G] [C] [D] [Em]
Verse 2
[Em] [C] [D] [Em]
Well I met her at Guy's in the second world war and she was working on a soldier's ward
[Em] [C] [G] [C] [D] [Em]
Never had I seen such beauty before the moment that I saw her
[Em] [C] [D] [Em]
Nancy was my yellow rose and we got married wearing borrowed clothes
[Em] [C] [G] [C] [D] [Em]
We got eight children now growing old, five sons and three daughters
Chorus 2
[G] [C] [G] [D] [C] [G]
She and I went on the run, don't care about religion
[G] [C] [G] [C] [D] [Em]
I'm gonna marry the woman I love, down by the Wexford border
[G] [C] [G] [D] [C] [G]
She was Nancy Mulligan, and I was William Sheeran
[G] [C] [G] [C] [D] [Em]
She took my name and then we were one, down by the Wexford border
Interlude
[G] [C] [D]
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, da da
[G] [C] [D] [G]
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, di da-da-da-da-da di
[G] [C] [D]
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, da da
[G] [C] [D] [G]
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, di da-da-da-da-da di
Verse 3
[Em] [C] [D] [Em]
From her snow white streak in her jet black hair, over sixty years I've been loving her
[Em] [C] [G] [C] [D] [Em]
Now we're sat by the fire in our old armchairs, you know Nancy I adore ya
[Em] [C] [D] [Em]
From a farm boy born near Belfast town, I never worried about the king and crown
[Em] [C] [G] [C] [D] [Em]
'Cause I found my heart upon the southern ground, there's no difference I assure ya
Chorus 3
[G] [C] [G] [D] [C] [G]
She and I went on the run, don't care about religion
[G] [C] [G] [C] [D] [Em]
I'm gonna marry the woman I love, down by the Wexford border
[G] [C] [G] [D] [C] [G]
She was Nancy Mulligan, and I was William Sheeran
[G] [C] [G] [C] [D] [Em]
She took my name and then we were one, down by the Wexford border
Outro
[G] [C] [D]
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, da da
[G] [C] [D] [G]
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, di da-da-da-da-da di
[G] [C] [D]
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, da da
[G] [C] [D] [G]
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, di da-da-da-da-da di
