Tom: D
Intro: Riff 1 Riff 2
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Riff 2
Em C
I was twenty four years old
D Em
When I met the woman I would call my own
Em C G
Twenty two grand kids now growing old
C D Em
In the house that your brother brought ya
(Riff 1)
Em C
On the summer day when I proposed
D Em
I made that wedding ring from dentist gold
Em C G
And I asked her father but her daddy said, "No
C D Em
You can't marry my daughter"
G C G
She and I went on the run
D C G
Don't care about religion
G C G
I'm gonna marry the woman I love
C D Em
Down by the Wexford border
G C G
She was Nancy Mulligan
D C G
And I was William Sheeran
G C G
She took my name and then we were one
C D Em
Down by the Wexford border
(Riff 1) (Riff 2)
Em C
Well, I met her at Guy's in the second world war
D Em
And she was working on a soldier's ward
Em C G
Never had I seen such beauty before
C D Em
The moment that I saw her
Em C
Nancy was my yellow rose
D Em
And we got married wearing borrowed clothes
Em C G
We got eight children now growing old
C D Em
Five sons and three daughters
G C G
She and I went on the run
D C G
Don't care about religion
G C G
I'm gonna marry the woman I love
C D Em
Down by the Wexford border
G C G
She was Nancy Mulligan
D C G
And I was William Sheeran
G C G
She took my name and then we were one
C D Em
Down by the Wexford border
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Em C
From her snow white streak in her jet black hair
D Em
Over sixty years I've been loving her
Em C G
Now we're sat by the fire, in our old armchairs
C D Em
You know Nancy I adore ya
Em C
From a farm boy born near Belfast town
D Em
I never worried about the king and crown
Em C G
Cause I found my heart upon the southern ground
C D Em
There's no difference, I assure ya
G C G
She and I went on the run
D C G
Don't care about religion
G C G
I'm gonna marry the woman I love
C D Em
Down by the Wexford border
G C G
She was Nancy Mulligan
D C G
And I was William Sheeran
G C G
She took my name and then we were one
C D Em
Down by the Wexford border
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