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Intro
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verse 1
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I've travelled East, I've travelled West, and
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I've been South of the border,
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Sometimes sober, often drunk,
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and sometimes out of order
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Sometimes I've been true to love, and
G D A
Sometimes I've betrayed it.
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But when it's time tae cop me whack, then
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I've coughed up and paid it
Chorus
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I swore by the light of the morning sun,
D G A
My drinking days were o-ver,
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But that very night I was back in town,
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following the ways of a rover
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verse 2
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When we toast for auld lang syne freens,
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Absent or departed,
G D A
I'll drink tae my ain true love, though
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she was fickle hearted, then
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Lay me doon wi' another lass wi' a
G D A
Heid for wine and brandy
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Who gives a shite for a cutty stool?
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Its hey for houghmagandie
Chorus
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I swore by the light of the morning sun,
D G A
My drinking days were o-ver,
A D G Bm7
But that very night I was back in town,
D A D
following the ways of a rover
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verse 3
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I was born and raised a pagan
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You could call it my vocation
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I hate your christian morals
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With your rules and regulations
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Through the smoke of innocence, like
G D A
Quaens we'll reel and spin oh
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Doon the gorgeous avenue
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Ye call the path of sin, when
Chorus
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I swore by the light of the morning sun,
D G A
My drinking days were o-ver,
A D G Bm7
But that very night I was back in town,
D A D
following the ways of a rover
Chorus
D D G
I swore by the light of the morning sun,
D G A
My drinking days were o-ver,
A D G Bm7
But that very night I was back in town,
D A D
following the ways of a rover