Nancy Mulligan — Ed Sheeran

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

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

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

Chorus 2:
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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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Verse 3:
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From her snow white streak in her jet black hair, 
     D                     Em 
over sixty years I've been loving her
          Em                     C      G       
Now we're sat by the fire in our old armchairs, 
         C     D  Em                   
you know Nancy I adore ya
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From a farm boy born near Belfast town,
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I never worried about the king and crown
         Em                      C        G       
'Cause I found my heart upon the southern ground, 
           C          D   Em                   
there's no difference I assure ya

Chorus 3:
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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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