Sweet Lovely Joan chords by The Irish Rovers

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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In  (G major) 
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the  (A major)  (D major) sweet county An (G major) trim,
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Where the  (E minor) bright water flows,  (A major) 
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Through green  (D major) fields and  (B minor) meadows,
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Where the  (E minor) wild bracken grows,  (A major) 
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T 'was  (G major) there I first spied  (D major) her,
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she was  (B minor) walking alone  (G major) 
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 (A major) And pluck (D major) ing wildflower (B minor) s,
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the  (E minor) sweet lovely Joan  (G major) 
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 (A major) As I  (D major) gazed on her beau (G major) ty,
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well I  (E minor) could not surmise  (A major) 
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I thought  (D major) her an  (B minor) angel
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that fell  (E minor) from the skies  (A major) 
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For no  (G major) mortal in this  (D major) wide world
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that  (B minor) I've ever known
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 (G major) Could  (A major) compare  (D major) to this lassie,  (B minor) 
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the sweet  (E minor) lovely Joan  (G major) 
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I  (A major) walked  (D major) up beside  (G major) her
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enquir (E minor) ing her name
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 (A major) She shyly  (D major) respon (B minor) ded
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and she  (E minor) asked me the  (A major) same
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Then we strolled  (G major) on togeth (D major) er,
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my heart  (B minor) overthrown
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 (G major) Which  (A major) I gladly  (D major) surrendered
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 (B minor) to the sweet  (E minor) lovely Joan  (G major) 
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Well  (A major) we  (D major) cooed to each  (G major) other
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through the  (E minor) whole summer long  (A major) 
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And I  (D major) asked her to  (B minor) marry
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as the  (E minor) winter came on  (A major) 
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But I  (G major) could not support  (D major) her
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and from  (B minor) me   she had sprung  (G major) 
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To  (A major) the  (D major) arms of another (B minor) ,
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my sweet,  (E minor) lovely Joan (G major) ne  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (B minor)  (E minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor) 
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Oh,  (A major)  (D major) I  had the  (G major) wealth
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of a  (E minor) prince or a  (A major) king
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I would  (D major) give her bright jew (B minor) els
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and the  (E minor) finest gold rings  (A major) 
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But me,  (G major) being a  (D major) poor boy
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with no means  (B minor) of my own  (G major) 
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Only  (A major) love  (D major) can I of (B minor) fer,
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the sweet  (E minor) love thee,  (G major) 
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Aye,  (A major) and  (D major) now she has mar (G major) ried
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a  (E minor) lord of the land  (A major) 
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She has  (D major) riches and ser (B minor) vants
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all  (E minor) at   her command  (A major) 
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While I  (G major) am a  (D major) rover and
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I wander  (B minor) alone  (G major) 
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With  (A major)  (D major) only fond memor (B minor) ies
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of the sweet  (E minor) lovely Joan  (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major) 
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