Chords for John Martyn - Spencer the Rover (Peel Session)

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_ _ This _ _
[C#] tune was composed by [A#m] Spencer the Roamer, _ _ _ _ _
[C#] as Valiant a man [D#m] as ever I [A#m] have told. _ _ _ _
[F#] He had been much [Fm] reduced and [F#] _
[D#m] caused great confusion. _
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[C#] Then who was the reason [A#m] he started [C#] the _ roam? _ _ _ _ _
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[C#] _ Yorkshire near other [D#m] room he had been on the _ ramble. _ _ _ _
Being weary [A#m] of travelling he set down [D#m] to rest.
_ _ _ [F#] By the foot of a [A#m] yon mountain [D#m]
there's a clear crystal _ mountain.
_ _ _ _ He [C#] fed in cold water, he [A#m] himself didn't [C#] refresh.
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_ _ _ _ By [D#m] the night he fast approached him to the woods [A#m] he noted. _
_ _ _ _ [C#] With a wooden mine and ivy his [D#m] bed was _ _ [A#] fortunately.
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But he dreamt about [Fm] his [F#] idol [A#m] _ lamenting and crying.
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[C#] Go home to your family [F#]
and ramblin' [C#] the same.
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[C#] The fifth day of November, [A#m] have a reason to _ remember.
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When first [C#] he arrived home [D#m] to his [A#m] family and friends.
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[F#] They didn't stand so [C#] _ astounded, [A#m] surprised and offended.
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[C#] To see such a stranger once more in their sight. _
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[C#] His children come around him [A#m] with their pitiful, baffling _ stories.
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[C#] With their pitiful, baffling _ stories [D#] they [A#m] drive their care away.
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He's as happy as [A#m] those with thousands of riches. _
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[C#] _ Contented he remained and not _ rambled away.
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This tune was composed by [A#m] his grandson _ Robert.
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[C#] His only young man [A#m] has ever _ left _ home.
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He had been much [Fm] ridiculed [A#m] and caused great [D#m] _ confusion.
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[C#] And was the reason he started to ramble. _
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