Artist: | The Dubliners (English) |
User: | Klaus Peter |
Duration: | 270 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
I Wish I Had Someone To Love Me
Written by Bill Massey.
The one and only love song from Barney!
Chorus:
C C F C
I wish I had someone to love me,
Em Dm
Someone to call me their own,
Am Dm F C
Someone to sleep with me night-ly
Dm G C
I'm weary of sleeping alone.
C C F C
1 Meet me tonight in the moonlight
Em Dm
Meet me tonight all a-lone
Am Dm F C
I have a sad story to tell you
Dm G C
I'm telling it under the moon,
Chorus:
C C F C
I wish I had someone to love me,
Em Dm
Someone to call me their own,
Am Dm F C
Someone to sleep with me night-ly
Dm G C
I'm weary of sleeping alone.
C C F C
2 Tonight is our last time to-gether
Em Dm
The nearest and dearest must part
Am Dm F C
The love bug that held us to-gether
Dm G C
Is shredded and torn all a-part.
Chorus:
C C F C
I wish I had someone to love me,
Em Dm
Someone to call me their own,
Am Dm F C
Someone to sleep with me night-ly
Dm G C
I'm weary of sleeping alone.
C C F C
3 I wish I had ships on the o-cean
Em Dm
Lace them with silver and gold
Am Dm F C
I'd sail to the barge of my true love
Dm G C
A lassie just nineteen years old
Chorus:
C C F C
I wish I had someone to love me,
Em Dm
Someone to call me their own,
Am Dm F C
Someone to sleep with me night-ly
Dm G C
I'm weary of sleeping alone.
C C F C
4 If_I had the wings of a swal-low
Em Dm
Flying out over the sea
Am Dm F C
Iād fly to the arms of my true love
Dm G C
And bring her home safely to me
Chorus:
C C F C
I wish I had someone to love me,
Em Dm
Someone to call me their own,
Am Dm F C
Someone to sleep with me night-ly
Dm G C
I'm weary of sleeping alone.
C G C
I'm weary of sleeping alone.
[A] I wish I had someone to [D] love [A] me,
[D] Someone to [A] call me their [E] own,
[A] Someone to stay with me [D] al- A] ways,
I'm [D] weary of [E] being [A] alone.
[A] Meet me tonight in the [D] moon- [A] light,
[D] Meet me [A] tonight all [E] alone;
[A] I have a sad story to [D] tell [A] you,
I'll [D] tell by the [E] light of the [A] moon.
[A] I wish I had someone to [D] love [A] me,
[D] Someone to [A] call me their [E] own,
[A] Someone to stay with me [D] al- [A] ways,
I'm [D] weary of [E] being [A] alone.
[A] I'll be sent to the new jail [D] tomor- [A] row,
[D] Leavin' my [A] darlin' [E] alone,
[A] With the cold iron bars all [D] around [A] me,
And [D] my head on a [E] pillow of [A] stone.
[A] I wish I had someone to [D] love [A] me,
[D] Someone to [A] call me their [E] own,
[A] Someone to stay with me [D] al- [A] ways,
I'm [D] weary of [E] being [A] alone.
[A] Tonight is our last night [D] toget- [A] her,
The [D] nearest and [A] dearest must [E] part,
[A] For all that has bound us [D] toget- [A] her,
Is [D] quickly being [E] torn [A] apart.
[A] I wish I had someone to [D] love [A] me,
[D] Someone to [A] call me their [E] own,
[A] Someone to stay with me [D] al- [A] ways,
I'm [D] weary of [E] being [A] alone.
[A] I have a large ship on the [D] o- [A] cean,
All [D] laden with [A] silver and [E] gold,
[A] And before my poor darlin' will [D] suf- [A] fer,
That [D] ship will be [E] anchored and [A] sold.
[A] I wish I had someone to [D] love [A] me,
[D] Someone to [A] call me their [E] own,
[A] Someone to stay with me [D] al- [A] ways,
I'm [D] weary of [E] being [A] alone.
[A] I wish I had wings of a [D] spar- [A] row,
For [D] those prison [A] walls I must [E] flee;
[A] I'd fly to the arms of my [D] true [A] love,
And [D] bring her home [E] safety to [A] me.
[A] I wish I had someone to [D] love [A] me,
[D] Someone to [A] call me their [E] own,
[A] Someone to stay with me [D] al- [A] ways,
I'm [D] weary of [E] being [A] alone.
[A] I'm [E] weary of being [A] alone.
The guitar chords for the Barney McKenna
version are written in Bb:
Bb I wish I had someone to Eb love Bb me,
Someone to Dm call me their Cm own,
Gm Someone to C sleep with Eb me night Bb ly
I'm Bb weary of F sleeping along Bb