Quilty - I Wish I Was In England

      This version is adapted to standard tuning

[Verse 1]
    C         G          Am          C      G     Am
Oh long time I've been roaming, in country and in town
      F   C       G/B      Am      C         G     Am
But never in my wanderings met, a maid with such renown
     F   C       G/B      Am      C         G     Am
No never in my wanderings met, a maid with such renown


[Verse 2]
  C      G      Am                C        G     Am
Until I met my true love on the shores of Knocknashee
      F         C      G/B     Am       C      G        Am
Her brown hair in the howling wind, a-blowing wild and free
      F         C      G/B     Am       C      G        Am
Her brown hair in the howling wind, a-blowing wild and free


[Chorus 1]
       C      G    Am            C        G       Am
Oh I wish I was in England, in France or even in Spain
      F       C       G/B       Am        C       G    Am
Or wherever dwells my own true love, to hold her near again
    F      C       G/B       Am      C        G    Am
Wherever dwells my own true love to hold her near again


[Verse 3]
       C         G        Am              C         G       Am
Oh my true love she did promise me some land with rambling kine
     F       C     G/B    Am       C       G      Am
And on her ample pasture land to build a mansion fine
     F       C     G/B    Am       C       G      Am
And on her ample pasture land to build a mansion fine


[Chorus 2]
       C      G    Am            C        G       Am
Oh I wish I was in England, in France or even in Spain
      F       C       G/B       Am        C       G    Am
Or wherever dwells my own true love, to hold her near again
    F      C       G/B       Am      C        G    Am
Wherever dwells my own true love to hold her near again


[Verse 4]
       C     G        Am               C        G   Am
But then my love she left me, and she wandered far away
     F          C       G/B     Am       C          G      Am
And I’ve been searching for my love for many’s the night and day
     F          C       G/B     Am       C          G      Am
Yes I’ve been searching for my love for many’s the night and day


[Verse 5]
       C          G       Am         C        G      Am
Oh I wish that I was in England, or wherever she may be
     F       C      G/B     Am          C       G      Am
That I could go and call my love, and together we would be
     F       C      G/B     Am          C       G      Am
That I could go and call my love and together we would be


[Chorus 3]
       C      G    Am            C        G       Am
Oh I wish I was in England, in France or even in Spain
      F       C       G/B       Am        C       G    Am
Or wherever dwells my own true love, to hold her near again
    F      C       G/B       Am      C        G    Am
Wherever dwells my own true love to hold her near again