Meanderin' Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]One[G] da[C]y[D][G][C]
I went meanderin' to [Am]find myself a wife
A [C]pretty miss to share my kiss
and [D]love me all my [G]life
The [C]lonely bachelor's life
I led [Am]began to get me down
I [D]bought a ring and everything
and went right into [G]town
[C]

[Verse 2]
Looking far and [D]wide [C]for a girl
to be my [G]bride[C]
[F]Far [C]from the old [G]folks [C]at home

[Verse 3]
I ran [Am]into [C]a friend of mine
[D]while wandering dow[G]n the street
[C]He said he had a
[Am]sister that I ought to meet
[D]He took me home to meet her
but she weighed two hundred ten
[G]I shook my head a[C]nd sadly said

[Verse 4]
"oh here I go again"
[C]Looking far and wide for a girl
to be my [D]bride[G][C]
[F]Far [C]from [D]the old [G]folks at [C]home

[Verse 5]
[Db]I ca[Ab]me ac[Db]ross [Bbm]a pretty g[Db]irl[Eb][Ab]
who [Db]said [Bbm]she'd love me so
[Eb]But she would [Ab]bring her[Db]
[Ab]mother with us everywhere [Db]we'd go[Gb]
[Db]I wa[Ab]s so hap[Db]py on [Bbm]the day she
[Db]said [Eb]she'd [Ab]be my[Db] wife
But [Bbm]when s[Eb]he told me her m[Ab]a
would [Db]live with us for life

[Verse 6]
[Db]Looking far and wide for
a girl to be my [Ab]bride[Db]
[Gb]Far [Db]from the old f[Ab]olks at [Db]home[A]
[D][G][D][G][D]

[Verse 7]
[A]
[D]Finally found myself a wife a [Bm]gal
who's sweet and true
And [D]when I'm tempted to
do something [E]I s[A]houldn't do
Then [D]I remember days when things
are [Bm]not like they are now
Well [E]I recall when I was just
a bachelor and [A]how[D]

[Verse 8]
[D]For looking far and [A]wide for
a [D]girl to be my [E]bride
I went [D]me anderin', oh meanderin'
[G]Far [D]from the [E]old [A]folks [D]at home