{"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":2103333,"song":"Roger The Miller","artist":"Karan Casey","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11456597-roger-the-miller-chords-by-karan-casey/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2103333?type=chord","rating":4.52188,"votes":4,"content":"Karan Casey - Roger The Miller\r\n\r\n\r\nCapo 4\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYoung Roger the miller came courting of late[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo a farmer's fine daughter called beautiful Kate[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nShe had for her fortune a many fine things[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBeautiful silks and gold, diamonds and rings[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHer father, he gave her a neat plot of ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe had also a fortune[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe had also a fortune of five hundred pounds[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen the money and supper, they both were laid down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, it was a great sight to see five hundred pounds[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe sight of that money and beauty likewise[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMade Roger's heart greedy and dazzled his eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\"Now that your daughter and money is here[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n'Tis I will not have her[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Tis I will not have her without that grey mare\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen the money and supper were taken from sight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd likewise young Kathy, his own heart's delight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nRoger was taken and shown out the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd ordered not for to come there anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n'Twas then he did tear at his long yellow hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSaying, \"I wish I had never[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wish I had never spoke of that grey mare\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow it was when six months, they were over and past[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd Roger the miller, he met with his lass[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\"I think I do know you then, madam,\" said he[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"I am the same way with you, sir,\" said she[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\"A man with your features with fine yellow hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh, he once came a-courting[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe once came a-courting my father's grey mare\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Well, it was not a-courting the grey mare I came[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you, my own jewel, my Kathy by name[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI thought that your father would never dispute[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo give me the grey mare with you to boot[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd not to risk lose such a dutiful son[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh, it's now I am sorry[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's now I am sorry for what I have done\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"For your sorrow, young Roger, I have little regard[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor there's plenty of men in this town to be had[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIf you forgot the grey mare, you'd be married, you see[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut now you have neither the grey mare nor me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe price of that mare, it was never so great[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh, fare you well, Roger[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, fare you well, Roger, you're a sorrowful state\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow Roger's away to his desolate home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he sighs as he sits there and sups all alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nKathy, she sings, she is happy and gay[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe has wed a young miller who works the long day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLads, when you're courting, be always aware[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo court with a young maid[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo court with a young maid and not the grey mare[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Karan Casey - Roger The Miller\n\n\nCapo 4\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG  C  G  D  G  C  G  D\nG  C  G  D  G  C  G  D\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG  C  G  D  G  C  G  D\nG  C  G  D  G  C  G  D\nG","chords":["G","D","Em","C","Bm","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}