Your Wedding Day lyrics and chords by Jimmy Buckley
Your Wedding Day lyrics and chords by Country Singer Jimmy Buckley. The Irish Wedding Song is here also which as you might guess, has the same theme. The youtube video is by Jimmy. Written by Henry McMahon. Genre, Irish country lyrics. Jimmy Buckley has also recorded a raft of the old folk songs including Noreen Bawn Song which I also have being singing for years.Guitar tab included for fingerpicking plus strumming pattern .
The piano sheet music with chords and bass is in the ebook here .
The piano sheet music with chords and bass is in the ebook here .
[D]The first time I saw you I [G]loved you with all of my [A]heart
The first time I held you I knew someday we would [D]part
[D]Next Saturday morning in [G]church I'll give you a[A]way
In my eyes happy tears I can't hide on [G]your wedding [D]day
It's [G]hard to imagine, a baby so tiny and [D]small
Is [A]now a young lady of beauty, so pretty and [D]tall
I [G]know you'll look lovely, in your wedding dress and bou[D]quet
When you [A]walk down the aisle with your husband, on [G]your wedding [D]day
Your [D]mother she nursed you through [G]many a' heartache and [A]pain
And if you were to ask her she'd do it all over a[D]gain
She's watched you grow into the [G]woman that you are to[A]day
She's so happy and proud of her daughter on her wedding [D]day
It's [G]hard to imagine, a baby so tiny and [D]small,,[G]
Is [A]now a young lady of beauty, so pretty and [D]tall
I [G]know you'll look lovely, in your wedding dress and bou[D]quet
When you [A]walk down the aisle with your husband, on your wedding [D]day,[G]
[A] [G] [D] [G] [D] [B]
[Key Change]
The [E]man you will marry I'll be [A]proud to call him my [B]son
He's your partner in life you have chosen above every[E]one
I know that he loves you and [A]cares for you every[B]day
Like your mother and I cared for you in the very same [E]way,[A]
[E]It's [A]hard to imagine, a baby so tiny and [E]small
Is [B]now a young lady of beauty, so pretty and [E]tall
I [A]know you'll look lovely, in your wedding dress and bou[E]quet
When you [B]walk down the aisle with your husband, on your wedding [E]day[A],,[E]
The first time I held you I knew someday we would [D]part
[D]Next Saturday morning in [G]church I'll give you a[A]way
In my eyes happy tears I can't hide on [G]your wedding [D]day
It's [G]hard to imagine, a baby so tiny and [D]small
Is [A]now a young lady of beauty, so pretty and [D]tall
I [G]know you'll look lovely, in your wedding dress and bou[D]quet
When you [A]walk down the aisle with your husband, on [G]your wedding [D]day
Your [D]mother she nursed you through [G]many a' heartache and [A]pain
And if you were to ask her she'd do it all over a[D]gain
She's watched you grow into the [G]woman that you are to[A]day
She's so happy and proud of her daughter on her wedding [D]day
It's [G]hard to imagine, a baby so tiny and [D]small,,[G]
Is [A]now a young lady of beauty, so pretty and [D]tall
I [G]know you'll look lovely, in your wedding dress and bou[D]quet
When you [A]walk down the aisle with your husband, on your wedding [D]day,[G]
[A] [G] [D] [G] [D] [B]
[Key Change]
The [E]man you will marry I'll be [A]proud to call him my [B]son
He's your partner in life you have chosen above every[E]one
I know that he loves you and [A]cares for you every[B]day
Like your mother and I cared for you in the very same [E]way,[A]
[E]It's [A]hard to imagine, a baby so tiny and [E]small
Is [B]now a young lady of beauty, so pretty and [E]tall
I [A]know you'll look lovely, in your wedding dress and bou[E]quet
When you [B]walk down the aisle with your husband, on your wedding [E]day[A],,[E]
🎸 “Your Wedding Day” – Guitar Arrangement
Time: 4/4 Tempo: ~85 BPM
Strumming Pattern: ↓ ↓ ↑ ↑ ↓ ↑ (Down–Down–Up–Up–Down–Up)
Use gentle dynamics, accenting beats 1 and 3 for a heartfelt flow.
🪕 Verse 1
[D]The first time I saw you I [G]loved you with all of my [A]heart
e|--------2-----------|--------3-----------|--------0-----------|
B|------3---3---------|------0---0---------|------2---2---------|
G|----2-------2-------|----0-------0-------|----2-------2-------|
D|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|--2-----------------|
A|--------------------|--2-----------------|--0-----------------|
E|--------------------|--3-----------------|--------------------|
The first time I held you I knew someday we would [D]part
e|--------2-----------|--------0-----------|--------2-----------|
B|------3---3---------|------0---0---------|------3---3---------|
G|----2-------2-------|----0-------0-------|----2-------2-------|
D|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|
A|--------------------|--2-----------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--3-----------------|--------------------|
[D]Next Saturday morning in [G]church I'll give you a[A]way
e|--------2-----------|--------3-----------|--------0-----------|
B|------3---3---------|------0---0---------|------2---2---------|
G|----2-------2-------|----0-------0-------|----2-------2-------|
D|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|--2-----------------|
A|--------------------|--2-----------------|--0-----------------|
E|--------------------|--3-----------------|--------------------|
In my eyes happy tears I can't hide on [G]your wedding [D]day
e|--------3-----------|--------2-----------|--------2-----------|
B|------0---0---------|------3---3---------|------3---3---------|
G|----0-------0-------|----2-------2-------|----2-------2-------|
D|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|
A|--2-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|--3-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
💡 Playing Tips
Fingerpicking:
Use P–I–M–A (Thumb–Index–Middle–Ring) repeating per beat.
Let bass notes ring (thumb on D/A/E strings).
Strumming Option:
Switch to light strums in the final line to build emotion.
End with a slow D chord arpeggio for a tender close.
Time: 4/4 Tempo: ~85 BPM
Strumming Pattern: ↓ ↓ ↑ ↑ ↓ ↑ (Down–Down–Up–Up–Down–Up)
Use gentle dynamics, accenting beats 1 and 3 for a heartfelt flow.
🪕 Verse 1
[D]The first time I saw you I [G]loved you with all of my [A]heart
e|--------2-----------|--------3-----------|--------0-----------|
B|------3---3---------|------0---0---------|------2---2---------|
G|----2-------2-------|----0-------0-------|----2-------2-------|
D|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|--2-----------------|
A|--------------------|--2-----------------|--0-----------------|
E|--------------------|--3-----------------|--------------------|
The first time I held you I knew someday we would [D]part
e|--------2-----------|--------0-----------|--------2-----------|
B|------3---3---------|------0---0---------|------3---3---------|
G|----2-------2-------|----0-------0-------|----2-------2-------|
D|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|
A|--------------------|--2-----------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--3-----------------|--------------------|
[D]Next Saturday morning in [G]church I'll give you a[A]way
e|--------2-----------|--------3-----------|--------0-----------|
B|------3---3---------|------0---0---------|------2---2---------|
G|----2-------2-------|----0-------0-------|----2-------2-------|
D|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|--2-----------------|
A|--------------------|--2-----------------|--0-----------------|
E|--------------------|--3-----------------|--------------------|
In my eyes happy tears I can't hide on [G]your wedding [D]day
e|--------3-----------|--------2-----------|--------2-----------|
B|------0---0---------|------3---3---------|------3---3---------|
G|----0-------0-------|----2-------2-------|----2-------2-------|
D|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|
A|--2-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|--3-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
💡 Playing Tips
Fingerpicking:
Use P–I–M–A (Thumb–Index–Middle–Ring) repeating per beat.
Let bass notes ring (thumb on D/A/E strings).
Strumming Option:
Switch to light strums in the final line to build emotion.
End with a slow D chord arpeggio for a tender close.
The sheet music and tin whistle notes for Your Wedding Day by Jimmy Buckley are included in the ebook. [ updates ebook ]
