[Intro] Am

                        Em
As I come in the Overgate
  Am           G
I met a bonnie lass
              D          G
She winked at me wi' the tail o' her e'e
   C      G       D
As I went rovin' past

[Chorus]

       Am        G
Wae my toorin a, lilt-fa-laddie
C       G/B     Am
Lilt fa laddie, toorin aye
        Am         G
With my rovin' eye folla diddle aye
C         G/B       Am
My rovin' eye dum a derry o'

[First Part]

                     Em
I asked her if she'd come wae me
    Am              G
An' drink a wee bit wine
          D       G
And as we walked along the road
    C       G        D
She put her haund in mine

[Chorus]

       Am        G
Wae my toorin a, lilt-fa-laddie
C       G/B     Am
Lilt fa laddie, toorin aye
        Am         G
With my rovin' eye folla diddle aye
C         G/B       Am
My rovin' eye dum a derry o'

[Segunda Parte]

                         Em
Well she took me tae her sittin' room
  Am               G
A wee bit doon the burn
               D      G
It's true what Robbie Burns did say
   C       G        D
“A man was made tae mourn”

[Chorus]

       Am        G
Wae my toorin a, lilt-fa-laddie
C       G/B     Am
Lilt fa laddie, toorin aye
       Am         G
Wae my rovin' eye folla diddle aye
C         G/B       Am
My rovin' eye dum a derry o'
       Am         G
Wae my rovin' eye folla diddle aye
C         G/B       Am
My rovin' eye dum a derry o'

[Terceira Parte]

                     Em
Well in then cam her hubby-man
    Am             G
Wha hit me oan the heid
            D      G
And then he ran me doon the stair
      C          G      D
And I thocht I'd end up died

[Chorus]

       Am        G
Wae my toorin a, lilt-fa-laddie
C       G/B     Am
Lilt fa laddie, toorin aye
       Am         G
Wae my rovin' eye folla diddle aye
C         G/B       Am
My rovin' eye dum a derry o'
       Am         G
Wae my rovin' eye folla diddle aye
C         G/B       Am
My rovin' eye dum a derry o'

[Quarta Parte]

                 Em
Well, I lost may tartan kilt
   Am                 G
My watch chain and my purse
               D       G
Says she “I've lost my ain gid man and
   C      G          D
Ye must admit that's worse”

[Chorus]

       Am        G
Wae my toorin a, lilt-fa-laddie
C       G/B     Am
Lilt fa laddie, toorin aye
       Am         G
Wae my rovin' eye folla diddle aye
C         G/B       Am
My rovin' eye dum a derry o'
       Am         G
Wae my rovin' eye folla diddle aye
C         G/B       Am
My rovin' eye dum a derry o'