Nancy Mulligan Chords by Ed Sheeran

Nancy Mulligan Chords by Ed Sheeran

[Intro]

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[Verse 1]
Em                      C          D                     Em                        
I was twenty-four years old when I met the woman I would call my own
       Em                 C       G           C               D       Em                   
Twenty-two grand kids now growing old in that house that your brother bought ya
       Em                   C        D                           Em                  
On the summer day when I proposed, I made that wedding ring from dentist gold
      Em                       C          G   C         D        Em                  
And I asked her father but her daddy said no, you can't marry my daughter

 
[Chorus 1]
G              C      G    D                  C  G
She and I went on the run, don't care about religion
G                   C       G     C           D       Em                  
I'm gonna marry the woman I love, down by the Wexford border
G             C    G        D             C   G 
She was Nancy Mulligan, and I was William Sheeran
    G                     C       G    C           D       Em                  
She took my name and then we were one, down by the Wexford border

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[Verse 2]
       Em                                   C       D                    Em     
Well I met her at Guy's in the second world war and she was working on a soldier's ward
      Em              C        G        C      D      Em                   
Never had I seen such beauty before the moment that I saw her
Em                  C        D                      Em                        
Nancy was my yellow rose and we got married wearing borrowed clothes
       Em                 C       G    C         D         Em                   
We got eight children now growing old, five sons and three daughters


[Chorus 2]
G              C      G    D                  C  G
She and I went on the run, don't care about religion
G                   C       G     C           D       Em                  
I'm gonna marry the woman I love, down by the Wexford border
G             C    G        D             C   G 
She was Nancy Mulligan, and I was William Sheeran
    G                     C       G    C           D       Em                  
She took my name and then we were one, down by the Wexford border


[Interlude]
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Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, di da-da-da-da-da di 
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[Verse 3]
         Em                                 C          D                     Em 
From her snow white streak in her jet black hair, over sixty years I've been loving her
          Em                     C      G                C     D  Em                   
Now we're sat by the fire in our old armchairs, you know Nancy I adore ya
       Em                         C     D                         Em                        
From a farm boy born near Belfast town, I never worried about the king and crown
         Em                      C        G                  C          D   Em                   
'Cause I found my heart upon the southern ground, there's no difference I assure ya


[Chorus 3]
G              C      G    D                  C  G
She and I went on the run, don't care about religion
G                   C       G     C           D       Em                  
I'm gonna marry the woman I love, down by the Wexford border
G             C    G        D             C   G 
She was Nancy Mulligan, and I was William Sheeran
    G                     C       G    C           D       Em                  
She took my name and then we were one, down by the Wexford border


[Outro]
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Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, di da-da-da-da-da di 
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