Andy Irvine - Rambling Boys Of Pleasure Chords

[Verse 1]
G                    C   G
You rambling boys of pleasure
C    D             C       G
Give ear unto these lines I write
C D   Em    D    C
I own I am a rover
 C         G               C
In rambling I take great delight
 D        Em        D         C
I cast my mind on a  handsome girl
  G                           C
And often times she does me slight
   G           C   G
My mind is never easy
C  D                        C      G
Except when my true love, is in my sight.

[Verse 2]
G                    C   G
Down by yon flowery gardens
C    D             C       G
Where me and my true love do meet
C D   Em    D    C
I took her in my arms
 C         G               C
And unto her gave kisses sweet
 D        Em        D         C
She bade me take love easy
  G                           C
Just as the leaves fall from the tree
   G           C   G
But I being young and foolish
C  D                        C      G
With my own true love I did not agree.

[Verse 3]
G                    C   G
And the second time I met my love
C    D             C       G
I thought that her heart was surely mine
C D   Em    D    C
But as the season changes
 C         G               C
My darling girl has changed her mind
 D        Em        D         C
Gold is the root of evil
  G                           C
Although it bears a glistening hue
   G                       C   G
Causes many the lad and the lass to part
C  D                        C      G
Though their hearts like mine be e’er so true.

[Verse 4]
G                    C   G
And I wish I was in Belfast town
C    D             C       G
And my true love along with me
C D   Em    D    C
And money in my pocket
 C         G               C
To keep us in good company
 D        Em        D         C
Liquor to be plenty
  G                           C
A flowing glass on every side
   G                 C   G
Hard fortune would ne’er daunt me
C  D                        C      G
For I am young and the world is wide.