Weel May The Keel Row Chords

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Weel May The Keel Row by Geordie is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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INTRO 
D G D A7 D 

VERSE 
   D            G 
As I came thro' Sandgate, 
      D               A7 
Thro' Sandgate, thro' Sandgate, 
   D            G 
As I came thro' Sandgate, 
  D       A7     D 
I heard a lassie sing: 

    D            G 
"O, weel may the keel row, 
    D             A7   
The keel row, the keel row, 
  D            G 
O weel may the keel row 
     D  A7       D 
That my laddie's in." 

VERSE  
   D             G 
"O wha's like my Johnnie, 
    D                      A7 
Sae leish, sae blithe, sae bonnie? 
     D                  G 
He's foremost 'mang the mony 
     D       A7    D 
Keel lads o' coaly Tyne; 


      D              G 
He'll set or row sae tightly 
    D                A7 
Or, in the dance sae sprightly, 
      D               G 
He'll cut and shuffle slightly, 
     D          A7     D 
'Tis true, were he nae mine. 

VERSE     
   D            G 
He wears a blue bonnet, 
     D            A7 
Blue bonnet, blue bonnet, 
   D            G 
He wears a blue bonnet 
  D      A7     D 
A dimple in his chin. 


    D            G 
And weel may the keel row, 
    D             A7 
The keel row, the keel row, 
    D            G 
And weel may the keel row 
     D  A7       D 
That my laddie's in." 
    	

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100 BPM Andante