"I'm A Rover" (Trad/Arr. GBS)

  From "Turn" (1999)



 Sean's Guitar Capo second fret



 INTRO:G G G|F G|G G|F C|G G|C G| zX2



            G        C           G

 Though the night be dark as dungeon

       Em         C       D

 not a star to be seen above

           G                 C   G

 I will be guided without a stumble

          Em          D     G

 into the arms of me only love





 I went unto her bedroom window

 kneeling gently upon a stone

 I rapped on her bedroom window

 my darling dear do you lie alone?



CHORUS:

            G      C       G

 For I'm a rover, seldom sober

       Em         C    D

 I'm a rover of high degree,

              G 

 and when I'm drinking,

            C   G

 I'm always thinking,

        Em             D     G

 how to gain my love's company



 INTRO



 she raised her head from her feathered pillow

 raised her arms up around her breast

 saying "who's at me bedroom window

 disturbing me at me long night's rest?"



 It's only me your own true lover

 open the door and please let me in,

 For I have come on a long night's journey

 I am near drenched to the skin



 CHORUS, Intro



 She opened the door with the greatest pleasure

 opened the door and she let me in

 we both shook hands and embraced each other

 until the morning we lay as one



 But now me love I must go and leave you

 though the mountains be high above

 well,I will climb them with greater pleasure

 than have been with me only love



 CHORUS x2 first acapella then intro to end on G



 the other version on this site misses a couple

 passing chords.