{"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":739151,"song":"Im A Rover","artist":"Great Big Sea","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11586200-im-a-rover-chords-by-great-big-sea/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/739151?type=chord","rating":4.56001,"votes":28,"content":"\"I'm A Rover\" (Trad/Arr. GBS)\r\n From \"Turn\" (1999)\r\n\r\nSean's Guitar Capo 2nd fret.\r\nAlan plays in A without a capo.\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] x2 \r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThough the night be dark as dungeon,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nnot a star to be seen above,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will be guided without a stumble,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\ninto the arms of me only love.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI went unto her bedroom window,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nkneeling gently upon a stone.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI rapped on her bedroom window,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nme darlin' dear do you lie alone?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor I'm a rover, seldom sober,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm a rover of high degree,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand when I'm drinking,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm always thinking,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhow to gain my love's company[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe raised her head from her feathered pillow,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nraised her arms up around her breast.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nsaying \"who's at me bedroom window,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\ndisturbing me at me long night's rest?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's only me your own true lover,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nopen the door and please let me in.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor I have come on a long night's journey,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI am near drenched to the skin.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor I'm a rover, seldom sober,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm a rover of high degree,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand when I'm drinking,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm always thinking,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhow to gain my love's company[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe opened the door with the greatest pleasure,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nopened the door and she let me in.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe both shook hands and embraced each other,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'til the morning we lay as one.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut now me love I must go and leave you,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthough the mountains be high above,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwell,I will climb them with greater pleasure,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthan have been with me only love![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n           N.C.\r\nFor I'm a rover, seldom sober,\r\n       N.C.\r\nI'm a rover of high degree,\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand when I'm drinking,[/tab]\r\nN.C.\r\nI'm always thinking,\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhow to gain my love's company[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor I'm a rover, seldom sober,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm a rover of high degree,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand when I'm drinking,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm always thinking,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhow to gain my love's company.[/tab]","plain_text":"\"I'm A Rover\" (Trad/Arr. GBS)\n From \"Turn\" (1999)\n\nSean's Guitar Capo 2nd fret.\nAlan plays in A without a capo.\n\n[Intro]\nG   F G x2 \n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG  F G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG  F G  F G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n           N.C.\nFor I'm a rover, seldom sober,\n       N.C.\nI'm a rover of high degree,\n\nN.C.\nI'm always thinking,","chords":["A","G","F","D","C","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}