I Will Never Marry – lyrics and chords

The lyrics to I Will Never Marry tell the story of a woman vowing never to get married and to stay single for the whole of her life. The chords are presented here in the key of E major. Use our chord converter to play the song in other keys.

E

I will never

B7

marry, I’ll

E7

be no man’s

A

wife

I intend to stay

E

single, for the

B7

rest of my

E

life.

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On day as I rambled down by the sea shore
The wind it did whistle and the waters did roar.

I heard a poor maiden make a pitiful cry
She sounded so lonesome at the waters nearby.

I will never marry, I’ll be no man’s wife
I intend to stay single, for the rest of my life.

The shells in the ocean will be my deathbed
And the fish in the water swim over my head.

My love’s gone and left me, he’s the one I adore
I will never see him, no never, no more.

She plunged her fair body in the water so deep
She closed her pretty blue eyes in the water to sleep.

I will never marry, I’ll be no man’s wife
I intend to stay single, for the rest of my life.

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[E]I will never [B7]marry, I’ll [E7]be no man’s [A]wife
I intend to stay [E]single, for the [B7]rest of my [E]life.

On day as I rambled down by the sea shore
The wind it did whistle and the waters did roar.

I heard a poor maiden make a pitiful cry
She sounded so lonesome at the waters nearby.

I will never marry, I’ll be no man’s wife
I intend to stay single, for the rest of my life.

The shells in the ocean will be my deathbed
And the fish in the water swim over my head.

My love’s gone and left me, he’s the one I adore
I will never see him, no never, no more.

She plunged her fair body in the water so deep
She closed her pretty blue eyes in the water to sleep.

I will never marry, I’ll be no man’s wife
I intend to stay single, for the rest of my life.

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I Will Never Marry lyrics and chords

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