Intro: E A B7 E E A B7 E    


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    I will not be your sweetheart, I'll tell you the reason why, 
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    my mum has always told me to pass a drunkard by. 

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Beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea, 
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beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea, 
 E                  A 
beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea, 
        B7              E 
there's someone waiting for me. 

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    Now young man I will tell you, if you want my heart, my hand, 
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    you better quit your drinking and be a sober man. 

 E                   A 
Beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea, 
 B7                   A           E 
beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea, 
 E                    A 
beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea, 
        B7              E 
there's someone waiting for me. 

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    Go prove yourself, be faithful, go prove yourself, be true, 
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    and sometime in the future perhaps I'll marry you. 

 E                   A 
beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea, 
 B7                            A                  E 
beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea, 
 E                   A 
beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea, 
        B7              E 
there's someone waiting for me. 

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  E                            A 
Beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea, 
   B7               A             E 
beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea, 
 E                  A 
beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea, 
        B7              E 
there's someone waiting for me.