Dubliners, On The Banks Of The Roses (1964)
^{Key: :[E] (w: Traditional) (Nathan Carter, 2016)}

CHORUS:
On [E] the banks of the roses, me [B7] love and I sat [E] down
And [A] I took out me [E] fiddle for, to [B7] play me love a [C#m] tune
And in the [A] middle of the [E] tune, oh she [B7] smiled and she [C#m] said
Oh [E] Johnny, lovely [A] Johnny, don't you [B7] leave me [E] [A] [B7] [E]

VERSE 1:
Well [E] when I was a young lad I [B7] heard me father [E] say
That [A] he would rather [E] see me dead, and [B7] buried in the [C#m] clay
[A] Sooner than be [E] married to [B7] any run a-[C#m]-way
By the [E] lovely sweet [A] banks of the [B7] roses [E]

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VERSE 2:
Well [E] now I am no runaway and [B7] sure I'll let them [E] know
That [A] I can take the [E] bottle or can [B7] leave it a-[C#m]-lone
And if her [A] daddy doesn't [E] like it, he can [B7] keep his daughter at [C#m] home
And then [E] Johnny will go [A] roving with [B7] ano-[E]-ther

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VERSE 3:
And [E] when I get married, it will be [B7] in the month of [E] May
When the [A] leaves they are [E] green, and the [B7] meadows they are [C#m] gay
And [A] me and me [E] true love will [B7] sit and sport and [C#m] play
By the [E] lovely sweet [A] banks of the [B7] roses [E]

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OUTRO:
Oh [E] Johnny, lovely [A] Johnny, don't you [B7] leave me [E]