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Version 1I’m a Rover – Dubliners Tab’d by wompton Capo on 2nd fret [CHORUS] G C G I'm a rover and seldom sober D I'm a rover, o' high degree G C G It’s when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking G D G How to gain my love's company [VERSE 1] G C G Though the night be dark as dungeon D No' a star can be seen above, G C G I will be guided without a stumble G D G Into the arms o' my own true love [CHORUS] G C G I'm a rover and seldom sober D I'm a rover, o' high degree G C G It’s when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking G D G How to gain my love's company [VERSE 2] G C G He stepped up to her bedroom window, D Kneelin' gently upon a stone G C G He whispered through her bedroom-window G D G "My Darlin' dear, do you lie alone?" [CHORUS] G C G I'm a rover and seldom sober D I'm a rover, o' high degree G C G It’s when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking G D G How to gain my love's company [VERSE 3] G C G She raised her head from her down-white pillow D Through her arms about her breast, G C G "say who is that at my bedroom window G D G Disturbin' me at my long night's rest?" [CHORUS] G C G I'm a rover and seldom sober D I'm a rover, o' high degree G C G It’s when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking G D G How to gain my love's company [VERSE 4] G C G “Says I my love it’s, thy own true lover, D Open the door and let me in. G C G For I have come on a long nights journey, G D G And I'm near drenched to the skin." [CHORUS] G C G I'm a rover and seldom sober D I'm a rover, o' high degree G C G It’s when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking G D G How to gain my love's company [VERSE 5] G C G She opened the door with the greatest pleasure, D She opened the door and she let him in, G C G They baith shook hands and embraced each other G D G Until the mornin' they lay as one [CHORUS] G C G I'm a rover and seldom sober D I'm a rover, o' high degree G C G It’s when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking G D G How to gain my love's company [VERSE 6] G C G The cocks were crowin', the birds were whistlin' D The burns they ran free abune the brae G C G "Says I my lass, I'm a ploughman laddie G D G And the farmer I must obey." [CHORUS] G C G I'm a rover and seldom sober D I'm a rover, o' high degree G C G It’s when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking G D G How to gain my love's company [VERSE 7] G C G Says I my love, I must go and leave you D And climb the hills they are far above, G C G But I will climb with the greatest pleasure G D G Since I been in the arms o' my love. [CHORUS] G C G I'm a rover and seldom sober D I'm a rover, o' high degree G C G It’s when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking G D G How to gain my love's company