Tabbed by: Stud_Muffin Email: bryn_bass@hotmail.co.uk Tuning: EADGBe, but I perform it in my version of open C (CGCEGC, which is a whole step down from open D, as opposed to the more traditional open C tuning, CGCGCE) Chords used: EADGBe C:X32010 F:133211 or XX3211 G:320033 CGCEGC C:000000 F:500500 G:X02300 Intro (same as chorus progression): ||C |C | F | G || ||C |F |C |G || ||C |C || Verse 1: C There was a jolly beggarman F G Came tripping o'er the plain C F He came unto a farmer's door C G A lodging for to gain C The farmer's daughter she came down F G And viewed him cheek and chin C F She says "He is a handsome man C G I pray you take him in" Chorus: C We'll go no more a roving F G A roving in the night C F We'll go no more a roving C G Let the moon shine so bright C We'll go no more a roving Verse 2: C He would not lie within the barn F G Nor yet within the byre C F But he would in the corner lie C G Down by the kitchen fire C O then the beggar's bed was made F G Of good clean sheets and hay C F And down beside the kitchen fire C G The jolly beggar lay Chorus: C We'll go no more a roving F G A roving in the night C F We'll go no more a roving C G Let the moon shine so bright C We'll go no more a roving Verse 3: C The farmer's daughter she got up F G To bolt the kitchen door C F And there she saw the beggar G G Standing naked on the floor C He took the daughter in his arms F G And to the bed he ran C F Kind sir, she says, be easy now C G You'll waken our good man Chorus: C We'll go no more a roving F G A roving in the night C F We'll go no more a roving C G Let the moon shine so bright C We'll go no more a roving Verse 4: C Now you are no beggar F G You are some gentleman C F For you have stolen my maidenhead C G And I am quite undone C I am no lord, I am no squire F G Of beggars I be one C F And beggars they be robbers all C G So now you're quite undone Last Chorus: C We'll go no more a roving F G A roving in the night C F We'll go no more a roving C G Let the moon shine so bright C G C (end) We'll go no more a roving
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