Chords for Forty Years A-Rovin', The Irish Rovers
Tempo:
124.2 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Em
C
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [C] [D] [G]
40 [D] years of [Gm] roving, we haven't [Em] had enough 40 [D] years of roving [G] and we'll never give it up
[C] We rumbled all around [G] and we've been to [D] hell and [A] gone
[G] 40 [D] years of [G] roving, and still we're roving on
I own a yamber [Em] rover of the same [D] rate, well [G] For a tiggy [Em] light and rumbling [Am] round the trip, to [D] you I'll tell
[G] Across the wild [Em] Atlantic, or on the [D] Shamrock shore, [G] The roving [Em] is me stock and [D] trade, and here's to [G] many more
40 [D] years of [G] roving, we haven't [Em] had enough [G] 40 [D] years of roving [G] and we'll never give it [C] up
We rumbled all around [G] and we've been to [D] hell and gone
[G] 40 [D] years of [G] roving, and still we're roving on
[F] [Em] [D] [G] We've sung at wakes and weddings [Em] and at every [D] fancy [G] hall, For the poor and for the gently [Am] sure, we've sung for [D] one and all
[G] From Belfast to Alaska [C] and from Spain to [D] Mexico, [G] From Halifax [C] out to Frisco and from [G] Auckland to Mayo
[C] 40 [D] years of roving, we haven't [Em] had enough 40 [D] years of roving [G] and we'll never give it up
[C] We rumbled all [G] around and we've been to [D] hell and gone
[G]
40 [D] years of [G] roving, and still we're roving on
[F]
[Em] [D] [G] Some would climb a mountain, [Em] some would [D] sail the sea, [G] And some would fight for glory [Am] in some foreign [D] country
[G] Some will like the simple [Em] life and never [D] take a dare, [G] But I was born for roving boys and going on a tear
40 [D] years of [G] roving, we haven't [Em] had enough 40 [D] years of roving [G] and we'll never give it up
[C] We rumbled all around [G] and we've been to [D] hell and gone
[G] 40 [D] years of [G] roving, and still we're roving on
A [C] [D] [G] [Em]
[D] [G]
[C] [D] [G] [C]
[G] roving it dies hard [Em] as I'll have you's [D] all to know, [G] For when it [Em] gets [A] into your blood it's hard to [D] let it go
[G] And time becomes our master as the years they [D] fade away, [G] But I will [C] be a roving boy until [G] midday and day
[N]
40 [D] years of [Gm] roving, we haven't [Em] had enough 40 [D] years of roving [G] and we'll never give it up
[C] We rumbled all around [G] and we've been to [D] hell and [A] gone
[G] 40 [D] years of [G] roving, and still we're roving on
I own a yamber [Em] rover of the same [D] rate, well [G] For a tiggy [Em] light and rumbling [Am] round the trip, to [D] you I'll tell
[G] Across the wild [Em] Atlantic, or on the [D] Shamrock shore, [G] The roving [Em] is me stock and [D] trade, and here's to [G] many more
40 [D] years of [G] roving, we haven't [Em] had enough [G] 40 [D] years of roving [G] and we'll never give it [C] up
We rumbled all around [G] and we've been to [D] hell and gone
[G] 40 [D] years of [G] roving, and still we're roving on
[F] [Em] [D] [G] We've sung at wakes and weddings [Em] and at every [D] fancy [G] hall, For the poor and for the gently [Am] sure, we've sung for [D] one and all
[G] From Belfast to Alaska [C] and from Spain to [D] Mexico, [G] From Halifax [C] out to Frisco and from [G] Auckland to Mayo
[C] 40 [D] years of roving, we haven't [Em] had enough 40 [D] years of roving [G] and we'll never give it up
[C] We rumbled all [G] around and we've been to [D] hell and gone
[G]
40 [D] years of [G] roving, and still we're roving on
[F]
[Em] [D] [G] Some would climb a mountain, [Em] some would [D] sail the sea, [G] And some would fight for glory [Am] in some foreign [D] country
[G] Some will like the simple [Em] life and never [D] take a dare, [G] But I was born for roving boys and going on a tear
40 [D] years of [G] roving, we haven't [Em] had enough 40 [D] years of roving [G] and we'll never give it up
[C] We rumbled all around [G] and we've been to [D] hell and gone
[G] 40 [D] years of [G] roving, and still we're roving on
A [C] [D] [G] [Em]
[D] [G]
[C] [D] [G] [C]
[G] roving it dies hard [Em] as I'll have you's [D] all to know, [G] For when it [Em] gets [A] into your blood it's hard to [D] let it go
[G] And time becomes our master as the years they [D] fade away, [G] But I will [C] be a roving boy until [G] midday and day
[N]
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_ [G] _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ 40 [D] years of [Gm] roving, we haven't [Em] had enough 40 [D] years of roving [G] and we'll never give it up
[C] We rumbled all around [G] and we've been to [D] hell and [A] gone
[G] 40 [D] years of [G] roving, and still we're roving on
I own a yamber [Em] rover of the same [D] rate, well [G] For a tiggy [Em] light and rumbling [Am] round the trip, to [D] you I'll tell
[G] Across the wild [Em] Atlantic, or on the [D] Shamrock shore, [G] The roving [Em] is me stock and [D] trade, and here's to [G] many more
40 [D] years of [G] roving, we haven't [Em] had enough [G] 40 [D] years of roving [G] and we'll never give it [C] up
We rumbled all around [G] and we've been to [D] hell and gone
[G] 40 [D] years of [G] roving, and still we're roving on
[F] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] We've sung at wakes and weddings [Em] and at every [D] fancy [G] hall, For the poor and for the gently [Am] sure, we've sung for [D] one and all
[G] From Belfast to Alaska [C] and from Spain to [D] Mexico, [G] From Halifax [C] out to Frisco and from [G] Auckland to Mayo
[C] 40 [D] years of roving, we haven't [Em] had enough 40 [D] years of roving [G] and we'll never give it up
[C] We rumbled all [G] around and we've been to [D] hell and gone
[G]
40 [D] years of [G] roving, and still we're roving on
[F] _
[Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] Some would climb a mountain, [Em] some would [D] sail the sea, [G] And some would fight for glory [Am] in some foreign [D] country
[G] Some will like the simple [Em] life and never [D] take a dare, [G] But I was born for roving boys and going on a tear
40 [D] years of [G] roving, we haven't [Em] had enough 40 [D] years of roving [G] and we'll never give it up
[C] We rumbled all around [G] and we've been to [D] hell and gone
[G] 40 [D] years of [G] roving, and still we're roving on
_ A _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ roving it dies hard [Em] as I'll have you's [D] all to know, [G] For when it [Em] gets [A] into your blood it's hard to [D] let it go
[G] And time becomes our master as the years they [D] fade away, [G] But I will [C] be a roving boy until [G] midday and day
_ _ [N] _
_ 40 [D] years of [Gm] roving, we haven't [Em] had enough 40 [D] years of roving [G] and we'll never give it up
[C] We rumbled all around [G] and we've been to [D] hell and [A] gone
[G] 40 [D] years of [G] roving, and still we're roving on
I own a yamber [Em] rover of the same [D] rate, well [G] For a tiggy [Em] light and rumbling [Am] round the trip, to [D] you I'll tell
[G] Across the wild [Em] Atlantic, or on the [D] Shamrock shore, [G] The roving [Em] is me stock and [D] trade, and here's to [G] many more
40 [D] years of [G] roving, we haven't [Em] had enough [G] 40 [D] years of roving [G] and we'll never give it [C] up
We rumbled all around [G] and we've been to [D] hell and gone
[G] 40 [D] years of [G] roving, and still we're roving on
[F] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] We've sung at wakes and weddings [Em] and at every [D] fancy [G] hall, For the poor and for the gently [Am] sure, we've sung for [D] one and all
[G] From Belfast to Alaska [C] and from Spain to [D] Mexico, [G] From Halifax [C] out to Frisco and from [G] Auckland to Mayo
[C] 40 [D] years of roving, we haven't [Em] had enough 40 [D] years of roving [G] and we'll never give it up
[C] We rumbled all [G] around and we've been to [D] hell and gone
[G]
40 [D] years of [G] roving, and still we're roving on
[F] _
[Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] Some would climb a mountain, [Em] some would [D] sail the sea, [G] And some would fight for glory [Am] in some foreign [D] country
[G] Some will like the simple [Em] life and never [D] take a dare, [G] But I was born for roving boys and going on a tear
40 [D] years of [G] roving, we haven't [Em] had enough 40 [D] years of roving [G] and we'll never give it up
[C] We rumbled all around [G] and we've been to [D] hell and gone
[G] 40 [D] years of [G] roving, and still we're roving on
_ A _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ roving it dies hard [Em] as I'll have you's [D] all to know, [G] For when it [Em] gets [A] into your blood it's hard to [D] let it go
[G] And time becomes our master as the years they [D] fade away, [G] But I will [C] be a roving boy until [G] midday and day
_ _ [N] _