{"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":2202129,"song":"I Wish That I Never Was Wed","artist":"Steeleye Span","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11467813-i-wish-that-i-never-was-wed-chords-by-steeleye-span/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2202129?type=chord","rating":0.03896,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, ladies take pity on me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLet me in your company mingle[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI once was merry and free[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd, like you, I was happy and single[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMe mother advised me to wed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor seventeen years I had tarried[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo, off to the church I did go[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a trice to a man to be married[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, I wish that I never was wed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor a short time he loved me sincere[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe used me both kindly and civil[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe honeymoon scarcely was o'er[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen he turned out a queer devil[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe bed he took up on his back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd off to the pawnshop he carried[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOft times I wished I was dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr better, I never was married[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, I wish that I never was wed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo the landlord he won't pay the rent[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe says that he is not able[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's nothin' now left in the house[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut two broken chairs and a table[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe bedclothes, the kettle and broom[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOff to the pawnshop he carried[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe grunts, he snores, he roars[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, I wish that I never was married[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, I wish that I never was wed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, when he buys the meat once a month[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat's if I'm not sadly mistaken[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's nothin' but sheep's head and pluck[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a bit of sweet liver and bacon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe says bread and butter are dear[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd these times are shockingly harried[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll day he drinks whisky and beer[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, I wish that I never was married[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, I wish that I never was wed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne night he came home in a rage[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe busted me new shoes asunder[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe cat he kicked into the grate[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the table flew out of the window[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe bellows he threw at me head[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMe clothes to the pawnshop he carried[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat night I wished I was dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr better, I never was married[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, I wish that I never was wed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, if I was but single again[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'd sing and be joyous and merry[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd laugh, I'd shout, I'd roar[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd be heard in the Kingdom of Kerry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo maidens single remain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBide your time, you'll never be harried[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I was but single again[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy jingo, I'd never get married[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, I wish that I never was wed[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG    D  G    D G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG    D  G    D G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG    D  G    D G\nG    D  G    D G\n\n[Verse]","chords":["G","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}