Misc Traditional – A Mans A Man For A That (Guitar)

   G                C
Is there for honest poverty,

     G                   Em
That hangs his head, an' a' that,

    G                C
The coward slave, we pass him by;

   G                D
We dare be poor for a' that.

    G            C
For a' that, an' a' that,

    G                   Em
Our toils obscured, and a' that,

    G               Am
The rank is but the guinea stamp;

    Em               D
The man's a gowd for a' that.

     G                C
What though on hamely fare we dine,

     G                Em
Wear hoddin grey, an' a' that?

    G                      C
Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine,

  G               D
A man's a man for a' that,

    G            C
For a' that, an' a' that,

      G                Em
Their tinsel show. an' a' that,

    G                Am
The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor,

   Em              D
Is king of men for a' that.

   G              C
Ye see yon birkie ca'd a lord,

    G                       Em
Wha struts, an' stares, an' a' that;

     G                C
Tho' hundreds worship at his word,

     G              D
He's but a coof for a' that,

    G            C
For a' that, an' a' that,

    G                  Em
His ribband, star, an' a' that,

    G             Am
The man of independent mind

   Em                  D
He looks an' laughs at a' that.

  G                C
A prince can mak a belted knight,

  G                  Em
A marquis, duke, an' a' that,

       G             C
But an honest man's aboon his might,

      G                D
Guide faith, he maunna fa' that!

    G            C
For a' that, an' a' that,

      G             Em
Their dignities an' a' that,

    G                 Am
The pith o'sense, an' pride o'worth,

    Em               D
Are higher rank than a' that.

     G                C
Then let us pray that come it may,

    G                Em
(As come it will for a' that)

     G                     C
That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth,

      G                  D
Shall bear the gree, an' a' that.

    G            C
For a' that, an' a' that,

     G              Em
It's coming yet for a' that,

     G               Am
That man to man, the world o'er,

      Em              D
Shall brithers be for a' that.