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    I will not be your sweetheart, I'll tell you the reason why,
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    my mum has always told me to pass a drunkard by.

  E                      A
Beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea,
 B7                      A            E
beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea,
  E                      A
beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea,
         B7                 E
there's someone waiting for me.

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    Now young man I will tell you, if you want my heart, my hand,
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    you better quit your drinking and be a sober man.

  E                      A
Beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea,
 B7                      A            E
beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea,
  E                      A
beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea,
         B7                 E
there's someone waiting for me.

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         E                 A            B7                 E
    Go prove yourself, be faithful, go prove yourself, be true,
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    and sometime in the future perhaps I'll marry you.

  E                      A
Beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea,
 B7                      A            E
beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea,
  E                      A
beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea,
         B7                 E
there's someone waiting for me.

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  E                      A
Beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea,
 B7                      A            E
beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea,
  E                      A
beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea,
         B7                 E
there's someone waiting for me.