(Strumming pattern shown below)
[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
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Strumming Pattern
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[Verse]
| | | | |
| Em C | D Em | Em C G | C D Em |
| | | | |
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
[Chorus]
| | | | |
| G C G | D C G | G C G | C D Em |
| | | | |
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
[Interlude and Outro]
| | | | |
| G C | D | G C | D G |
| | | | |
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
