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