I Wish I Was In England

by Christy Moore · posted by slonick-susanin

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

Christy Moore - I Wish I Was In England

 C      G      Am               C         G       Am
(4) 5 (5) (5) 5 (4) 4 (4) (4)  (4) 5 (5) (5) 6 (5) 6 (6)
 Oh I wish I was in England,   in France or even in Spain


 F    C     G/B Am                     C        G    Am
(6) (8) (8) 7 (6) (8) 7 (6) 6 (4)     (4) 5 (5) (5) 6 (5) 6 (6)
 Or wherever dwells my own true love,  to hold her near again


 F    C     G/B Am                 C        G    Am 
(6) (8) (8) 7 (6) (8) 7 (6) 6 (4) (4) 5 (5) (5) 5 (4) 4 (4)
Wherever dwells my own true love   to hold her near again




Oh long time I had been roaming, in country and in town
But never in my wanderings met, a maid with such renown
No never in my wanderings met, a maid with such renown
 
Until I met my true love on the shores of Knocknashee
Her brown hair in the howling wind, a-blowing wild and free
Her brown hair in the howling wind, a-blowing wild and free
 
Oh my true love she did promise me some land with rambling kine
And on her ample pasture land to build a mansion fine
And on her ample pasture land to build a mansion fine
 
But then my love she left me, and she wandered far away
And I've been searching for my love for many's the night and day
Yes I've been searching for my love for many's the night and day
 
Oh I wish that I was in England, or wherever she may be
That I could go and call my love, and together we would be
That I could go and call my love and together we would be

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