NANCY MULLIGAN

LEVEL 5G · 103 BPM · Ed Sheeran

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Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.

HOW TO PLAY

1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

Hey!

(Em)I was twen ty four years (C)old when I (D)met the wom an I would (Em)call my own.

Twen ty two grand kids, now (C)grow ing (G)old in that (C)house that your (D)broth er (Em)bought you.

On the (Em)sum mer day that I pro (C)posed, I (D)made that wed ding ring from (Em)den tist gold.

And I asked her fa ther, but her (C)dad dy said, (G)“No, (C)you can’t (D)mar ry my (Em)daugh ter.” (G)She and I went (C)on the (G)run, (D)don’t care a bout re (C)li gi (G)on.

(G)I’m gon na mar ry the (C)wom an I (G)love (C)down by the (D)Wex ford (Em)bor der.

(G)She was Nan cy (C)Mul li (G)gan, (D)I was Wil liam (C)Shee (G)ran.

She (G)took my name and then (C)we were (G)one, (C)down by the (D)Wex ford (Em)bor der.

Well, I met her at Guy’s in the Sec ond World (C)War and (D)she was work ing on a (Em)sol diers’ ward.

Nev er had I seen such (C)beau ty be (G)fore, the (C)mo ment (D)that I (Em)saw her.

Nan cy was my yel low (C)rose and (D)we got mar ried wear ing (Em)bor rowed clothes.

We got eight chil dren, now (C)grow ing (G)old; (C)five sons (D)and three (Em)daugh ters.

(C)down by the (D)Wex ford (Em)bor der.

From her (Em)snow white streak in her jet black (C)hair, o ver (D)six ty years, I’ve been (Em)lov ing her.

Now we’re sat by the fi re in our (C)old arm (G)chairs.

You know, (C)Nan cy, (D)I a (Em)dore you.

From a farm boy born near Bel fast (C)town, (D)I nev er wor ried ’bout the (Em)king and crown ’cause I found my heart up on the (C)south ern (G)ground.