I Wish I Was In England Chords - Quilty

Verse 1

C G Am C G Am Oh long time I've been roaming, in country and in town F C G/B Am C G Am But never in my wanderings met, a maid with such renown F C G/B Am C G Am No never in my wanderings met, a maid with such renown

Verse 2

C G Am C G Am Until I met my true love on the shores of Knocknashee F C G/B Am C G Am Her brown hair in the howling wind, a-blowing wild and free F C G/B Am C G Am Her brown hair in the howling wind, a-blowing wild and free

Chorus 1

C G Am C G Am Oh I wish I was in England, in France or even in Spain F C G/B Am C G Am Or wherever dwells my own true love, to hold her near again F C G/B Am C G Am Wherever dwells my own true love to hold her near again

Verse 3

C G Am C G Am Oh my true love she did promise me some land with rambling kine F C G/B Am C G Am And on her ample pasture land to build a mansion fine F C G/B Am C G Am And on her ample pasture land to build a mansion fine

Chorus 2

Verse 4

C G Am C G Am But then my love she left me, and she wandered far away F C G/B Am C G Am And I’ve been searching for my love for many’s the night and day F C G/B Am C G Am Yes I’ve been searching for my love for many’s the night and day

Verse 5

C G Am C G Am Oh I wish that I was in England, or wherever she may be F C G/B Am C G Am That I could go and call my love, and together we would be F C G/B Am C G Am That I could go and call my love and together we would be

Chorus 3