[Intro]
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[Strophe]
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
[Refrain]
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
[Instrumentale]
Em  C D   Em
Em  C G C D  Em
[Strophe]
       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
[Refrain]
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]
G                       C   D 
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, da da  
G                       C   D                 G 
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, di da-da-da-da-da di  
G                       C   D 
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, da da  
G                       C   D                 G 
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, di da-da-da-da-da di 
[Strophe]
         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
[Strophe]
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]
G                       C   D 
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, da da  
G                       C   D                 G 
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, di da-da-da-da-da di  
G                       C   D 
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, da da  
G                       C   D                 G 
Di da-da-da-da-da di-da-di, di da-da-da-da-da di