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As I Roved Out

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[intro]  C   F   C   F   C   F   C  F  
[violin solo]  C   G   C  F,  C   F   C  G,  C   G   C  F,  C   F   G  C  
as Ci roved Gout onCe summer Fnight
to Cview the fFlowers and Cbreathe the Gair
C'twas there i Gspied a Ctender Fmaiden 
Ctalkin' Fto her Gdaughter so Cdear
sayin' Fdaughter oh Cdaughter Gmarried you'll Cbe
Fno longer to Clive the Gsweet single life
Cmother oh Gmother i'd Crather Fbe
Csome Fyoung Gsailor's Cwife
well Csailor Gboy likes to Cwander Fround
 Che will Fbe    Cyour downGfall
 Cyou're better to Gwed a Cfarmer Fboy
Cfor to Fsee he Gnever will Cgo
Fher mother came Cback Gfrom the Cfields
Fonly to Cfind her Gdaughter so dear
Changing Gfrom her Cblanket of Fblue
Cin the Flonely Ghour of Cnight
[organ solo]  C   G   C  F,  C   F   C  G,  C   G   C  F,  C   F   G  C  
as Ci roved Gout one Csummer Fnight
to Cview the Fflowers Cand breathe tGhe air
C'twas there i Gspied a Ctender Fmaiden 
Ctalkin' Fto her Gdaughter so Cdear

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As I Roved Out

by The Deep Dark Woods

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C F C F C F C F

[intro]

C G C F C F C G C G C F C F G C

[violin solo] , , ,

C G C F

as i roved out one summer night

C F C G

to view the flowers and breathe the air

C G C F

'twas there i spied a tender maiden

C F G C

talkin' to her daughter so dear

F C G C

sayin' daughter oh daughter married you'll be

F C G

no longer to live the sweet single life

C G C F

mother oh mother i'd rather be

C F G C

some young sailor's wife

C G C F

well sailor boy likes to wander round

C F C G

he will be your downfall

C G C F

you're better to wed a farmer boy

C F G C

for to see he never will go

F C G C

her mother came back from the fields

F C G

only to find her daughter so dear

C G C F

hanging from her blanket of blue

C F G C

in the lonely hour of night

C G C F C F C G C G C F C F G C

[organ solo] , , ,

C G C F

as i roved out one summer night

C F C G

to view the flowers and breathe the air

C G C F

'twas there i spied a tender maiden

C F G C

talkin' to her daughter so dear

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