{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1515211,"song":"The Ramblin Rover","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11280453-the-ramblin-rover-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1515211?type=chord","rating":4.90656,"votes":22,"content":"[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Chorus: Oh, there are sober men and plenty,[/tab]\r\n\r\n           And drunkards barely twenty,\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           There are men of over ninety,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n           Who have never yet kissed a girl.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           But give me a rambling rover,[/tab]\r\n\r\n           Then cart me down to Dover,\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           We'll rove the country over,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           And together we'll face the world.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n1st Verse: Oh, they roamed through all the nations[/tab]\r\n\r\n           Taken delight in all creation\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           And I've tried a wee sensation,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n           When the company did prove kind.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           Then when parting was no pleasure[/tab]\r\n\r\n           I drank another measure\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           To the good friends that we treasure[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           For they'll always be on my mind.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Chorus: Oh, there are sober men and plenty,[/tab]\r\n\r\n           And drunkards barely twenty,\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           There are men of over ninety,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n           Who have never yet kissed a girl.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           But give me a rambling rover,[/tab]\r\n\r\n           Then cart me down to Dover,\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           We'll rove the country over,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           And together we'll face the world.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n2nd Verse: There are those who feign enjoyment[/tab]\r\n\r\n           From merciless employment\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           Their mission was deployment[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n           From the minute they left the school[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           And they save, scrape and plunder[/tab]\r\n\r\n           While the rest go out and squander\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           See the world and rove and wander[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           And they're happier as a fool.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Chorus: Oh, there are sober men and plenty,[/tab]\r\n\r\n           And drunkards barely twenty,\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           There are men of over ninety,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n           Who have never yet kissed a girl.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           But give me a rambling rover,[/tab]\r\n\r\n           Then cart me down to Dover,\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           We'll rove the country over,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           And together we'll face the world.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n3rd Verse: If you're bent with arthritis    [/tab]\r\n\r\n           Your bowels have got colitis\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           You've a galloping bollockitis      [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n           And your thinking it's time you'd died[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           If you've been a man of action[/tab]\r\n\r\n           You're lying there in traction\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           You can gain some satisfaction[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           Thinkin' \"Golly, at least I tried\".[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Chorus: Oh, there are sober men and plenty,[/tab]\r\n\r\n           And drunkards barely twenty,\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           There are men of over ninety,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n           Who have never yet kissed a girl.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           But give me a rambling rover,[/tab]\r\n\r\n           Then cart me down to Dover,\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           We'll rove the country over,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n           And together we'll face the world.[/tab]","plain_text":"And drunkards barely twenty,\n\n\n\n\n           Then cart me down to Dover,\n\n\n\n\n\n           Taken delight in all creation\n\n\n\n\n           I drank another measure\n\n\n\n\n\n           And drunkards barely twenty,\n\n\n\n\n           Then cart me down to Dover,\n\n\n\n\n\n           From merciless employment\n\n\n\n\n           While the rest go out and squander\n\n\n\n\n\n           And drunkards barely twenty,\n\n\n\n\n           Then cart me down to Dover,\n\n\n\n\n\n           Your bowels have got colitis\n\n\n\n\n           You're lying there in traction\n\n\n\n\n\n           And drunkards barely twenty,\n\n\n\n\n           Then cart me down to Dover,","chords":["D","G","Em","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}