Spencer the Rover chords by
John Martyn
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Key: E major
Intro 1
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Em
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Verse 1
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This tune was composed
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by Spencer the Rover
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As valiant a man as ever left home
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And he had been much
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reduced
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Which caused great confusion
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And that was the reason he star
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ted to roam
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Verse 2
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In Yorkshire near Rotherham,
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he had been on the ramble
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Weary of traveling, he sat down to rest
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By the foot of yon' mountain
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Lays a clear flowing fountain
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With bread and cold water
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he himself did refresh
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Verse 3
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With the night fast approaching,
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to the woods he resorted
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With woodbine and ivy his
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bed for to make
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But he dreamt about sighing
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Lamenting and crying
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Go home to your family and ram
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bling forsake
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Verse 4
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'Twas the fifth day of November,
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I've reason to remember
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When first he arrived home to
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his family and friends
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And they did stand so astounded
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Surprised and dumbfounded
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To see such a stranger once more
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in their sight
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Verse 5
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And his children come around him with
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their prittle prattling stories
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With their prittle prattling stories
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to drive care away
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And he's as happy as those
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As have thousands of riches
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Contented he'll remain and
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not ramble away
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Verse 6
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This tune was composed by
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Spencer the Rover
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As valiant a man as ever left home
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And he had been much reduced
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D

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Em

And caused great confusion
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And that was the reason he started
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to roam
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD Em G F#m A

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