Chords for John Martyn - Spencer the Rover

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_ _ _ _ _ This [F] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F]
tune was composed by [Dm] Spencer _ the Roamer,
_ [F] Who was as valiant a man [Dm] as ever _ left home.
_ [Bb] Well he had been [F] much reduced and he [Gm] caused _ _ great confusion,
[F] And that wasn't the reason [Dm] he _ started [F] to roam.
[Dm] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ The auctioneer, rather, [D] had been [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [F]
weary of his travelling,
[Dm] He sat down to rest.
_ [Bb] By the foot of [F] the old mountain [Gm] there lies a clear [F] crystal fountain,
[Gm] _ [F] With bread and cold water he himself did refresh.
_ [Dm] _
_ [F] _ _ _ A night-wuzz'd approaching [Dm] to the woods he [Gm] was aughting, _ _
[F] With a wooden mine in the eye of [Dm] his bed for to make.
_ [Bbm] But he dreamt [F] about sighing, [Dm] lamenting and [Gm] crying, _ _ _
[F] Go home to your family [Dm] and [Gm] surround them _ [Dm] _ _ [F] for a second.
[Dm] _
[F] It _ _ was the fifth day of November, I've had a reason to remember,
_ [Dm] _
[F] When first he arrived home to [Dm] his family and his friends,
_ _ _ Well they did [Bbm] stand [Am] so [F] astounded, [Gm] surprised _ _ and unfounded, _
[F] To see such a stranger once [Gm] more _ in [Dm] _ [F] their _ [Dm]
[F] sighting.
And [Dm] _ [F] then his children come around [Gm] and all with their prickle-prattling stories,
_ [Dm] _
[F] They brought their prickle-prattling [Dm] stories to drive care _ away.
[Gm] [Bb] He's as happy [F] as those [Dm] of thousands of riches, _ _
[Gm] _ [F] Contented in his [Gm] own _ _ _ _ humble _ [F] way.
[Dm] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] [F] This tune was composed by [Dm] Spencer the Rover, _
[F] Who was as valiant a [Dm] lander as ever left home.
_ _ [Bbm] Well he had been [F] much reduced [Gm] and he caused [Dm] great confusion, _
_ [F] _ For he's [Bb] only started _ _ _ [Dm] _ [F] to grow. _
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