Scottish Folk
Ae Fond Kiss
G C Em
Ae fond kiss, and then we sever
C G
Ae farewell, and then forever
C Em
Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,
G D G D Em C
Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.
G C Em
Who shall say that Fortune grieves him,
C G
While the star of hope she leaves him?
C Em
Me, nae cheerful twinkle lights me;
G D G D Em C
Dark despair around benights me.
G C Em
I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy,
C G
Naething could resist my Nancy
C Em
But to see her was to love her;
G D G D Em C
Love but her, and love for ever.
G C Em
Had we never lov'd sae kindly,
C G
Had we never lov'd sae blindly,
C Em
Never met-or never parted,
G D G D Em C
We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
G C Em
Fare-thee-weel, thou first and fairest!
C G
Fare-thee-weel, thou best and dearest!
C Em
Thine be ilka joy and treasure,
G D G D Em C
Peace, Enjoyment, Love and Pleasure!
G C Em
Ae fond kiss, and then we sever!
C G
Ae fareweel alas, for ever!
C Em
Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,
G D G D Em C
Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.
At the End of the Line - Skerryvore
[Instru]
G D Am C G D C
G D Am C G D C
G Dsus4 D7
Too many miles to remember the smell of the air
Em7 C
This place is all good but nothing can ever compare
G Dsus4 D7
The sun burns my skin as it pierces cerulean skies
Em7 C
I love this place but it's only a thin disguise
|[Chorus]
|C G
|Paradise is wherever your people are
| D G
|You’re alive with the people you love
|C G
|Paradise wherever you wander
|Dsus4 D7 G
|Is waiting for you at the end of the line
[Bridge]
G D Am C G D C
G D Am C G D C
4,000 miles in the sky ‘til the wheels hit the ground
Just 7 miles more on the road ‘til I'm through the front door
It wouldn't be right if the rain wasn’t drowning the stones
But I'm used to that and for sure I'm just glad to be home
[Chorus]
[Instru]
G D Am C G D C
G D Am C G D C
G D Am C G D C
G D Am C G D C
Ay Waukin O - Robert Burns
G C G
Simmer's a pleasant time,
C D
Flowers of every colour;
G C G
The water rins o'er the heugh,
C D
And I long for my true lover
|[Chorus]
|D G
|Ay waukin, Oh,
|G C G
|Waukin still and weary
|G C G
|Sleep I can get nane,
| C D
|For thinking on my Dearie
|D G
|Ay waukin, Oh
[Instrumental]
G C D
G C D
G C D
G C D
G C G
When I sleep I dream,
C D
When I wauk I'm irie
G C G
Sleep can I get nane
C D
For thinking on my Dearie.
[Chorus]
[Instrumental]
G C G
Lanely night comes on
C D
A' the lave are sleepin
G C G
I think on my bonie lad,
C D
And I bleer my een wi' greetin.
[Chorus x2]
Ca' the Yowes
Am G
Ca' the yowes tae the knowes
Em D
Ca' them where the heather grows
Em G
Ca' them where the burnie rowes
D Am
My bonnie dearie
[Verse 2]
Am G
Hark, the mavis' e'ening sang
Em D
Sounding clouden's woods amang
Em G
Then a-faulding let us gang
D Am
My bonnie dearie
[Verse 3]
Am G
We'll gang doon by Clouden side
Em D
Through the hazels spreading wide
Em G
O'er the waves that sweetly glide
D Am
Tae the moon sae clearly
[Verse 4]
Am G
Fair and lovely as thou art
Em D
Thou hast stown my very heart
Em G
I can die, but canna part
D Am
My bonnie dearie
[Verse 5]
Am G
Ca' the yowes tae the knowes
Em F#m D
Ca' them where the heather grows
Em C G Bm
Ca' them where the burnie rowes
D Am
My bonnie dearie
Caledonia[D] - Dougie MacLean
D A
I don't know if you can see
Bm G
The changes that have come over me
D A
These last few days I've been afraid
Bm G G
That I might drift away
D A
I've been telling old stories, singing songs
Bm G
That make me think about where I've come from
D A
That's the reason why I seem
Bm G
So far away today
|[Chorus]
|D A
|Let me tell you that I love you
| Bm G
|That I think about you all the time
|Em D A D
|Caledonia, you're calling me, now I'm going home
| D A
|But if I should become a stranger
| Bm G
|Know that it would make me more than sad
|Em A D
|Caledonia's been everything I've ever had
[Interlude]
D G Em G A
D A
Now I have moved and I've kept on moving
Bm G
Proved the points that I needed proving
D A
Lost the friends that I needed losing
Bm G G
Found others on the way
D A
I've kissed the fellas and left them crying
Bm G
Stolen dreams, yes, there's no denying
D A
I've travelled hard, sometimes with conscience flying
Bm G
Somewhere with the wind
[Chorus]
[Interlude]
D G Em G A
D A
Now I'm sitting here before the fire
Bm G
The empty room, the forest choir
D A
The flames have cooled, don't get any higher
Bm G G
They've withered, now they've gone
D A
But I'm steady thinking, my way is clear
Bm G
And I know what I will do tomorrow
D A
When hands have shaken, the kisses float
Bm G
Then I will disappear
[Chorus]
Em A D
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had
Charlie is my Darling - Eddi Reader
|[Chorus]
|Em Am Em
|Charlie is my darling, my darling, my darling,
| C B Em
|Charlie is my darling, the young Cheva-lier.
B Em B Em
'Twas on a Monday morning, right early in the year,
C G Am Em B
That Charlie came to our town, the young Cheva-lier. [Chorus]
B Em B Em
As he was walking up the street, The city for to view,
C G Am Em B
O there he spied a bonnie lass, The window looking through [Chorus]
B Em B Em
Sae light's he jumped up-on the stair, and tirl'd at the pin,
C G Am Em B
And wha sae ready as hersel' to let the laddie in. [Chorus]
B Em B Em
He set his Jenny on his knee, all in his Highland dress;
C G Am Em B
For brawly weel he ken'd the way to please a bonnie lass. [Chorus]
B Em B Em
It's up yon heathery mountain, An' down yon scroggie glen,
C G Am Em B
We daur na gang a milking, for Charlie and his men [Chorus]
Cod Liver Oil and the Orange Juice - Hamish Imlach
[A7][Em] [A7][Em]
Em C G Em C G
Well, oot of the east, there came a hard man, Ohhoohh, all the way from Brigton
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em A7
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah, Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Em C G Em C G
Well, he went intae a pub and he come oot paralytic, Ohhoohh, VP and cider,
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em
Aahhahh, what a hell of a mixture, Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Em C G Em C G
Does this bus go to the Denistoun Palais? Ohhoohh, I'm lookin' for a lumber,
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em A7
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah, Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Em C G Em C G
In the dancin' he met Hairy Mary, Ohhohh, the floo'er o' the Gorbels,
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em A7
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah, Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Em C G Em C G
"Ah, noo, Mary, are ye dancin'?" "Oh, no, it's jest the way I'm standin"
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em A7
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah, Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Em C G Em C G
"Well, then, Mary, you're one in a million", "Ohhohh, so's yer chances!"
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em A7
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah, Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Em C G Em C G
"Well, then, Mary, can I run ye hame? Ohhoohh, I've got a pair of sandshoes
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em
Aahhaahh," yer hell of a funny..." Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Em C G Em C G
Well, doon through the back close, and intae the dunny, Ohhoohh, it wasnae for the first time,
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em A7
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah, Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Em C G Em C G
Then oot came her mammy, she was goin' tae the cludgie, Ohhoohh, I buggered off sharpish
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em A7
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah, Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Em C G Em C G
Noo Hairy Mary's lookin' for her hard man, Ohhoohh, he's joined the Foreign Legion
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em
Aah haahh, Sahara and a camel, Cod liver oil and the orange juice
Em C G Em C G
Then Hairy Mary had a little baby, Ohhoohh, his father's in the army,
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em A7
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah, Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Come Away In - Karine Polwart
A E A
Welcome into the house
E
where we have bread to eat
F#m D
and room at the table
A E A
Welcome into the house
E
where we sit down to meet
D A
with stranger and neighbour
A E A
Welcome into the house
|[Chorus]
|A D E A
|Come a-way, come away in
|A D E A
|Come away, come away in
|F#m D
|the storm it is rising
| A E
|but we’ll hold back the wind
|A D E A
|Come away, come away in
[Verse 2]
A E A
Welcome into the house
E
where there’s an open door
F#m D
and the fire is burning
A E A
Welcome into the house
E
where you can rest a while
D A
from the world and its turning
A E A
Welcome into the house
|[Chorus]
|A D E A
|Come a-way, come away in
|A D E A
|Come away, come away in
|F#m D
|the storm it is rising
| A E
|but we’ll hold back the wind
|A D E A
|Come away, come away in
A D E A
all you sisters and mothers, (come away in)
A D E A
all you fathers and brothers, (come away in)
A D E A
all the widows lamenting (...)
A D E A
all the exiles dissenting (...)
A D E A
all the lost and forgotten (...)
A D E A
and the battered and broken (...)
A D E A
all the motherless children (...)
A Bm7
we welcome you all
D
(into the house)
|[Chorus]
|A D E A
|Come a-way, come away in
|A D E A
|Come away, come away in
|F#m D
|the storm it is rising
| A E
|but we’ll hold back the wind
|A D E A
|Come away, come away in
Comin thro’ the rye
[Instrumental ‘Dram Behind the Curtain’ A + B parts]
D A
Comin thro' the rye, poor body,
D G D
Comin thro' the rye,
D A
She draigl't a' her petticoatie
D G D
Comin thro' the rye.
|[Chorus]
| D A
|Oh Jenny's a' weet, poor body,
|D G
|Jenny's seldom dry,
| D G D A
|She draigl't a' her petticoatie
|D G D
|Comin thro' the rye.
[Dram instrumental B part first line]
D A
Gin a body meet a body
D G D
Comin thro' the rye,
D A
Gin a body kiss a body
D G D
Need a body cry.
[Chorus]
[Dram instrumental A + B parts]
D A
Gin a body meet a body
D G D
Comin thro' the glen,
D A
Gin a body kiss a body
D G D
Need the warld ken!
[Chorus]
[Instrumental Dram A part + Rye]
[Outro]
D A
She's draigl't a' her petticoatie
D G D
Comin thro' the rye.
Daisy - Karine Polwart
G
Hey Daisy darling
C G
Don’t spread your arms so wide
G C G
Why don’t you keep a little something inside?
Em D C G
I know you think that hands are made for pulling us through
Am D G
But there are people in this world who don’t think like you do
G
Hey Daisy darling
C G
Don’t give them all you can
G C G
Why don’t you keep a few more cards in your hand?
Em D C G
I know you’ll only say a thing you believe to be true
Am D G
But there are people in this world who don’t think like you do
C
They don’t think like you do
Am G
And some don’t think at all
Repeat Intro
G
Hey Daisy darling
C G
Don’t take it all as read
G C G
Why don’t you ask a few more questions instead?
Em D C G
I know you think that everyone should be paid what they’re due
Am D G
But there are people in this world who don’t think like you do
C
They don’t think like you do
Am G
And some don’t think at all
G
Hey Daisy darling
C G
Don’t spread your arms so wide
G C G
Why don’t you keep a little something inside?
Em D C G
I know you think that hands are made for pulling us through
Am D G
But there are people in this world who don’t think like you do
Em D C G
I know you’ll only say a thing you believe to be true
Am D G
But there are people in this world who don’t think like you do
C
They don’t think like you do
Am G
And some don’t think at all
Every River - Runrig
[Intro]
A E Bm D
A E Bm D
A F#m
You ask me to
D A
Believe in magic
A F#m
Expect me to commit
D E
Suicide of the heart
A F#m
And you ask me to play
D A
This game without question
Bm D
Raising the stakes on this
Bm E E
Shotgun roulette
|[Chorus]
| A E
|Every river I try to cross
| Bm D
|Every hill I try to climb
| A E
|Every ocean I try to swim
| Bm D
|Every road I try to find
| A E
|All the ways of my life
| F#m D
|I'd rather be with you
| A E
|There's no way
|F#m D
|Without you
A F#m
You came to me
D A
Like the ways of children
A F#m
Simple as breathing,
D E
Easy as air
A F#m
Now the years show no fear,
D A
Like the wind they pass over
Bm D
Loved, forgiven,
Bm E E
Washed and saved
[Chorus]
Fields of Athenry
[A] By a lonely prison wall, I [D] heard a young girl [A] call[E]ing,
[A] Michael they have[D] taken you a[E]way,
For you [A] stole Trevelyn’s [D] corn,
so the [A] young might see the [E] morn,
Now a prison ship lies [E7] waiting in the [A] bay.
|[Chorus]
|[A] Low [D] lie the [A] fields of Athen[F#m]ry,
|Where [A] once we watched the small free birds [E] fly,
|Our [A] love was on the[D] wing,
|We had[A] dreams and songs to [E] sing,
|It's so [E] lonely round the [E7] fields of Athen[A]ry.
By a [A] lonely prison wall, I [D] heard a young man [A] call[E]ing,
[A] Nothing matters [D] Mary when you’re [E] free,
Against the [A] famine and the [D] Crown,
I re[A]belled, they cut me [E] down,
Now you [E] must raise our [E7] child with digni[A]ty.
[Chorus]
By a [A] lonely harbour wall,she [D] watched the last star [A] fall[E]ing,
As the [A] prison ship sailed [D] out against the [E] sky,
For she’ll [A] live in hope and [D] pray,for her [A] love in Botany [E] Bay,
It's so [E] lonely round the [E7] fields of Athen[A]ry
[Chorus]
[Chorus a capella]
Follow the Heron - Karine Polwart
G C
The back of the winter is broken
D7 G
And light lingers long by the door
G C
And the seeds of the summer have spoken
D7 G
In gowans that bloom on the shore
|Chorus
| D G C
|By night and day we'll sport and we'll play
| G D
|And delight as the dawn dances over the bay
|G C
|Sleep blows the breath of the morning away
| D7 G
|And we follow the heron home
G C
In darkness we cradled our sorrow
D7 G
And stoked all our fires with fear
G C
Now these bones that lie empty and hollow
D7 G
Are ready for gladness to cheer
[Chorus]
G C
So long may you sing of the salmon
D7 G
And the snow-scented sounds of your home
G C
While the north wind delivers its sermon
D7 G
Of ice and salt water and stone
Freedom come a'ye - Hamish Henderson
G Em C G
Roch the win i the clear day's dawin
C G Em C D
Blaws the clouds heilster-gowdie owre the bay
G Em C G
But thair's mair nor a roch win blawin
C G D G
Thro the Great Glen o the warl the day
C G C G
It's a thocht that wad gar our rottans
Em C D
Aa thae rogues that gang gallus fresh an gay
G Em C G
Tak the road an seek ither loanins
C G D G
Wi thair ill-ploys tae sport an play
G Em C G
Nae mair will our bonnie callants
C G Em C D
Merch tae war whan our braggarts crousely craw
G Em C G
Nor wee weans frae Pitheid an clachan
C G D G
Murn the ships sailin doun the Broomielaw
C G C G
Broken faimilies in launs we've hairried
Em C D
Will curse 'Scotlan the Brave' nae mair, nae mair
G Em C G
Black an white ane-til-ither mairried
C G D G
Mak the vile barracks o thair maisters bare
[Verse 3]
G Em C G
So come aa ye at hame wi freedom
C G Em C D
Never heed whit the hoodies croak for Doom
G Em C G
In yer hous aa the bairns of Adam
C G D G
Will fin breid, barley bree an painted rooms
C G C G
Whan MacLean’s meets wi’ his friens in Springburn
Em C D
Aa thae roses an geeans will turn tae blume
G Em C G
An a black lad frae yont Nyanga
C G D G
Dings the fell gallows o the burghers doun
Green Grow the Rashes
|[Chorus]
|A Bm
|Green grow the rashes, O, Green grow the rashes, O
| D A
|The sweetest hours that e'er I spend,
| Bm D
|Are spent amang the lasses, O
A
There's nought but care on ev'ry han',
Bm
In ev'ry hour that passes, O
D A
What signifies the life o' man,
Bm D
An' 'twere na for the lasses, O. [Chorus]
A
The war'ly race may riches chase,
Bm
An' riches still may fly them, O
D A
An' tho' at last they catch them fast,
Bm D
Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O. [Chorus]
A
But gie me a cannie hour at e'en,
Bm
My arms about my dearie, O
D A
An' war'ly cares, an' war'ly men,
Bm D
May a' gae tapsalteerie, O! [Chorus]
A
For you sae douce, ye sneer at this
Bm
Ye're nought but senseless asses, O
D A
The wisest man the warl' e'er saw,
Bm D
He dearly lov'd the lasses, O. [Chorus]
A
Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears
Bm
Her noblest work she classes, O
D D
Her prentice han' she try'd on man,
Bm D
An' then she made the lasses, O. [Chorus]
I'm Gonna Do it All - Karine Polwart
D E A
I’m gonna sail right out on the At-lantic
D E A
I’m gonna catch me a fish that’s bigger than gi-gantic
D E
I’m gonna cook up a fine fish tea
A D
It will be like some kind of Galilee
D E A
I’m gonna do it all some day
|[Chorus]
|E D A
| I’m gonna do it all some day
|E D E
| I’m gonna do it all some day
|Em F#
| You may not believe a word I say
| D E A
|But I tell you I’m gonna do it all some day
D E A
I’m gonna climb way over that old mountain
D E A
I’m gonna shout in a place where no-one hears me shouting
D E
I’m gonna swear so loud
A D
I’ll strip the silver lining from a cloud
E A
I’m gonna do it all some day
Chorus
D E A
I’m gonna fly in a silver winged space rocket
D E A
I’m gonna pick out the stars and put them in my pocket
D E
I’m gonna bring those stars back down
A D
So I can spread celestial light around
D E A
I’m gonna do it all some day
Chorus
OUTRO
D E
I’m gonna do it all
I'm On My Way [G] - The Proclaimers
[G] [G] [G] [G]
[Verse 1]
G
I'm on my way from misery to happiness today
Aha aha aha aha
D
I'm on my way from misery to happiness today
Aha aha aha aha
G C
I'm on my way to what I want from this world
G C
And years from now you'll make it to the next world
G C
And everything that you receive up yonder
G D
Is what you gave to me the day I wandered
[Verse 2]
G
I took a right, I took a right turning yesterday
Aha aha aha aha, yeah
D
I took a right, I took a right turning yesterday
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
G C
I took the road that brought me to your home town
G C
I took the bus to streets that I could walk down
G C
I walked the streets to find the one I'd looked for
G D
I climbed the stair that led me to your front door
[Chorus]
C D G G
And now that I don't want for anything
C D G D
I'd have Al Jolson sing I'm sitting on top of the world
[Verse 3]
G
I'll do my best, I'll do my best to do the best I can
Aha aha aha aha, yeah
D
I'll do my best, I'll do my best to do the best I can
Haah haah haah ha
G C
To keep my feet from jumping from the ground, dear
G C
To keep my heart from jumping through my mouth, dear
G C
To keep the past, the past and not the present
G D
To try and learn when you teach me a lesson
[Chorus]
C D G G
And now that I don't want for anything
C D G D
I'd have Al Jolson sing I'm sitting on top of the world
[Verse 4]
G
I'm on my way from misery to happiness today
Aha aha aha aha, yeah
D
I'm on my way from misery to happiness today
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
G C
I'm on my way to what I want from this world
G C
And years from now you'll make it to the next world
G C
And everything that you receive up yonder
G C
Is what you gave to me the day I wandered
G C
I'm on my way to what I want from this world
G C
And years from now you'll make it to the next world
G C
And everything that you receive up yonder
G D
Is what you gave to me the day I wandered
[Outro Fade Out]
G
I'm on my way, I'm on my way
I'm on my way, [G*]I'm on my way
Make my heart fly
Proclaimers
Intro: [C]
Chorus:
[C] Please don’t go [F] rushing [C] by
[G] Stay and make my heart [C] fly
[C] Please don’t go [F] rushing [C] by
[G] Stay and make my heart [C] fly
’Cause I [F] never seem to know the [C] time
[G] When you’re with [C] me
[F] You can tell it to the [C] birds
[G] I’ll tell the bees
[C] Please don’t go [F] rushing [C] by
[G] Stay and make my heart [C] fly
[C] I can’t do [F] any [C] more
To [G] get inside your [C] door
I can’t do [F] any [C] more
[G] Please let me inside your [C] door.
’Cause I [F] never seem to know the [C] time
[G] When you’re with [C] me
[F] You can tell it to the [C] birds
[G] I’ll tell the bees
[C] Please don’t go [F] rushing [C] by
[G] Stay and make my heart [C] fly
Instrumental – Chorus:
’Cause I [F] never seem to know the [C] time
[G] When you’re with [C] me
[F] You can tell it to the [C] birds
[G] I’ll tell the bees
[C] Please don’t go [F] rushing [C] by
[G] Stay and make my heart [C] fly
Nothing Ever Happens - Del Amitri
[Verse 1]
(G) (Em)
Post office clerks put up signs saying position closed
(G) (Em)
And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats
(C) (G) (D) (C)
Janitors padlock the gates for security guards to patrol
(C) (G) (D)
And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink While the married ones
(C)
turn on a chat show
(G) (C) (G)
And theyll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
[Verse 2]
Gentlemen time please, you know we cant serve anymore
Now the traffic lights change to stop, when theres nothing to go
And by five oclock everything's dead
And every third car is a cab, and ignorant people sleep in their beds,
Like the doped white mice in the college lab
[Chorus]
G C G C
And Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all.
Em C
The needle returns to the start of the song,
D C
And we all sing along like before,
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G C G
And well all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow.
[Verse 3]
Telephone exchanges click while theres nobody there,
The martians could land in the carpark and no one would care. F
Close-circuit cameras in department stores shoot the same video everyday.
And the stars of these films neither die nor get killed,
Just survive constant action replay
[Chorus]
[Interlude]
A Em A Em G A G A
[Verse 4]
Bill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs
While angry from manchester writes to complain about all the repeats on t.v.
And computer terminals report some gains, on the values of copper and tin
While american businessmen snap up van goghs for the price of a hospital
wing
[Chorus]
Ramblin' Rover [C] - Silly Wizzard
|[Chorus]
| C
|Oh, there are sober men and plenty, And drunkards barely twenty,
| F C Dm F
|There are men of over ninety, Who have never yet kissed a girl.
| C
|But gie me a rambling rover, Frae Orkney down to Dover,
| F C Dm G C
|We'll roam the country over, And to-gether we'll face the world.
C
I have roamed through all the nations In delight of all creations
F C Dm F
Enjoyed a wee sensation, When the company did prove kind.
C
But when partin' was no pleasure, I've drunk another measure
F C Dm G C
To the good friends that we treasure For they always are in our minds.
C
There are those who feign enjoyment From merciless employment
F C Dm F
Their am-bition was this deployment From the minute they left the school
C
They save and scrape and ponder While the rest go out and squander
F C Dm G C
See the world and rove in wonder And they're happier as a rule.
C
If you're bent with arthritis, Your bowels have got colitis
F C Dm F
You've galloping bollock-itis And you're thinking it's time you died
C
You've been a man of action, You're lying there in traction
F C Dm G C
You may get some satis-faction thinkin' "Jesus, at least I tried".
Sunshine on Leith
The Proclaimers
Intro: [C] [C] [C] [C]
Verse 1:
[C] My heart was broken, my heart was broken,
Sorrow, sorrow, sorrow, [C7] sorrow.
[F] My heart was broken, [Dm] my heart was broken,
You [G] saw it, you claimed it, you touched it; you saved it.
Verse 2:
[C] My tears are drying, my tears are drying,
Thank you, thank you, thank you, [C7] thank you.
[F] My tears are drying, [Dm] my tears are drying,
Your [G] beauty and kindness, made tears clear my blindness.
|Chorus:
|[F] While I'm [G] worth, my [C] room on this [F] earth,
|I will [G] be with [C] you [C7]
|[F] While the [G] chief puts [C] sunshine on [F] Leith,
|I'll thank him for his work, [G] and your birth, and [G7] my birth.
|
|[G7] Yeah, yeah, yeah
Instrumental:
[C] [F] [Dm] [G] [C] [F] [G] [G]
Verse 3:
[C] My heart was broken, my heart was broken,
Sorrow, sorrow, sorrow, [C7] sorrow.
[F] My heart was broken, [Dm] my heart was broken,
You [G] saw it, you claimed it, you touched it; you saved it.
|Chorus:
|[F] While I'm [G] worth, my [C] room on this [F] earth,
|I will [G] be with [C] you [C7]
|[F] While the [G] chief puts [C] sunshine on [F] Leith,
|I'll thank him for his work, [G] and your birth, and [G7] my birth.
|
|[G7] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Outro:
[C] [F] [Dm] [G] [C] [F] [G] [G]
[C - Single strum]
Travel These Ways - Karine Polwart
|Chorus
|Wher-[D] ever we [E] go, wher-[A]ever we [D] bide
|Whatever the [E] wind and [A]weather [D]
|Wherever we [E] go, wher-[A]ever we [D] bide
|We’ll travel these [E] ways to-[A]gether
When the [A] haar comes [Asus4] rollin’ [A] in
And you [E] can’t see your way into [D] harbour
I’ll [F#m] heave the boat [E] to till the [D] sun clears the [A] sky
And it’s [C#] safe once again to weigh [D]anchor
When the [A] snow comes [Asus4] skirling [A] in
And [E] buries the path that you’ve [D] chosen
I’ll [F#m] light us a [E] fire to [D] keep us [A] warm
And we’ll [C#] wait till the ice is [D] unfrozen
When the [A] storm has [Asus4] blown [A] away
And the [E] night is as still as your [D] sleeping
I’ll [F#m] pluck out the [E] skelf of the [D] moon from the [A] sky
And I’ll [C#] give it to you for safe- [D] keeping
Tyree Love Song
D C G D
D C G D
|[Chorus]
| D C
|Hi-ree hy-ro my bonnie wee girl
| D G D
|Hi-ree ho-ro my fair one
|G D C
|Will you come away with me now
| D C D
|To be my own, my rare one?
D C
All together down by the sea
D G D
Down by the sea and the gloamin'
G D C
Stepping it lightly with dancing feet
D C D
And then together homin'
[Chorus]
D C
Smiling the land, smiling the sea
D G D
Sweet was the scent o' the heather
G D C
Oh we were younger, both you and me
D C D
Now two of us together
[Chorus x 2]
Walking on the Waves
| [Instrumental x2]
| G C G D
| G Em D G
G Em
An island in the sunlight, laughter in the rain.
D C
A whisky in the darkness, it all feels just the same.
G Em
Watch the sunset over Hynish see the twilight merge to dawn
D C
Hear the waves caress the shoreline as the island carries on.
|[Chorus]
| G C G D
|I've been walking, walking these shores all my days
| Em C D G
|But with you by my side I am walking on the waves
| G C G D
|I've been walking, walking these shores all my days
| Em C D G
|But with you by my side I am walking on the waves
| [Instrumental x2]
| G C G D
| G Em D G
[Verse 2]
G Em
There's two lovers on the machair and they walk down to the sand
D C
Their silhouettes are on the water as they paddle hand in hand.
G Em
And it's a game of sweet surrender when there's nothing left to say
D C
And there are moments to remember once these days are long away.
[Chorus]
| [Instrumental x2]
| G C G D
| G Em D G
[Verse 3]
*slow*
G Em
So you look out on the ocean see the headlands and the strands
D C
And you wonder what horizons will shape tomorrow's plans
G Em
And through the turning of the seasons and the cycle of the days
D C
Every drink's another reason to let tomorrow sail away.
[Chorus]
| [Instrumental x2]
| G C G D
| G Em D G
[Bridge]
*slow*
C G C G
The surging of the ocean, the breakers on the shore
Am C D
The echoes of our bodies, To the lovers’ dream we soar.
[Chorus x 2]
Walking on the Waves[C] - Tide lines
[intro]
[Verse 1]
C Am
An island in the sunlight, laughter in the rain.
G F
A whisky in the darkness, it all feels just the same.
C Am
Watch the sunset over Hynish see the twilight merge to dawn
G F
Hear the waves caress the shoreline as the island carries on.
[Chorus]
C F C G
I've been walking, walking these shores all my days
Am F G C
But with you by my side I am walking on the waves
C F C G
I've been walking, walking these shores all my days
Am F G C
But with you by my side I am walking on the waves
[Break]
C F C G
C Am G C
[Verse 2]
C Am
There's two lovers on the machair and they walk down to the sand
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G F
Their silhouettes are on the water as they paddle hand in hand.
C Am
And it's a game of sweet surrender when there's nothing left to say
G F
And there are moments to remember once these days are long away.
[Chorus]
C F C G
I've been walking, walking these shores all my days
Am F G C
But with you by my side I am walking on the waves
C F C G
I've been walking, walking these shores all my days
Am F G C
But with you by my side I am walking on the waves
[Break]
C F C G
C Am G C
[Verse 3]
*slow*
C Am
So you look out on the ocean see the headlands and the strands
G F
And you wonder what horizons will shape tomorrow's plans
C Am
And through the turning of the seasons and the cycle of the days
G F
Every drink's another reason to let tomorrow sail away.
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
*slow*
F C F C
The surging of the ocean, the breakers on the shore
Dm F G
The echoes of our bodies, To the lovers’ dream we soar.
[Chorus]
Westering Home
|[Chorus]
|D
|Westering home, and a song in the air,
|G Bm G A
|Light in the eye and it's goodbye to care.
|D Bm
|Laughter o' love, and a welcoming there,
|G A D
|Isle of my heart, my own one.
D A
Tell me o' lands o' the Orient gay,
G Bm G A
Speak o' the riches and joys o' Cathay;
D A
Eh, but it's grand to be wakin' ilk day
Bm A D
To find yourself nearer to Islay.
[Chorus]
D A
Where are the folk like the folk o' the west?
G Bm G A
Canty and couthy and kindly, the best
D A
There I would hie me and there I would rest
Bm A D
At hame wi' my ain folk in Islay.
[Chorus]
D A
Now I'm at home and at home I do lay
G Bm G A
Dreaming of riches that come from Cathay
D A
I'll hop a good ship and be on my way
Bm A D
And bring back my fortune to Islay
[Chorus]
Ye Banks and Braes
D A D G
Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon,
D G D A
How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair?
D A D G
How can ye chant, ye little birds,
D G A7 D
And I'm sae weary, fu' o' care
D
Thou'll break my heart, ye warbling bird,
D Em A7
That wantons through the flow'ring thorn,
D A D G
Thou minds me o' departed joys,
D G A7 D
Departed never to return.
D A D G
Oft ha'e I roved by bonnie Doon,
D G D A
To see the rose and woodbine twine
D A D G
And ilka bird sang o' its luve,
D G A7 D
And fondly sae did I o' mine.
D
Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose,
D Em A7
Fu' sweet upon its thorny tree
D A D G
And may fause lover staw my rose,
D G A7 D
But ah! he left the thorn wi’ me.