The wanderer    (video)    (midi)

 

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1. Oh, well, I’m the type of guy who will never settle down,

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    where pretty girls are, well, you know that I’m around.

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    I kiss them and I love them, ’cause for me they’re all the same,

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    I hug them and I squeeze them, they don’t even know my name.

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    They call me the wanderer, yeah, the wanderer,

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    I roam around, around, around, around.

 

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2. Oh, well, there’s Mo on my left arm and there’s Mary on my right,

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    and Janie is the girl, well, that I will be tonight.

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    And when she asks me which one I love the best,

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    I tear open my shirt and I know Rosie on my chest,

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    cause I’m a wanderer, yeah, a wanderer,

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    I roam around, around, around, around.

 

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+  Oh, well, I roam from town to town,

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    I go through life without a care,

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    and I’m as happy as a clown,

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    with my two fists of iron, but I’m goin’ nowhere.

 

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3. Now, yeah, I’m the type of guy that likes to roam around,

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    I’m never in one place, I roam from town to town.

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    And when I find myself falling for some girl,

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    yeah, I hop right into that car of mine, I drive around the world,

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    yeah, I’m a wanderer, yeah, I’m a wanderer,

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    I roam around, around, around, around.

 

+  instrumental = verse 3

 

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4. Oh, yeah, I’m the type of guy that likes to roam around,

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    I’m never in one place, I roam from town to town.

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    And when I find myself, oh, falling for some girl,

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    I hop right into that car of mine, I drive around the world,

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    ’cause, I’m a wanderer, yeah, I’m a wanderer,

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    I roam around, around, around, around.

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    ’Cause, I’m a wanderer, yeah, I’m a wanderer,

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    I roam around, around, around, around  ....

 

 

(orig. = no capo; midi = capo 2nd)    (Dion & The Belmonts)