Misc Traditional – Macphersons Lament (Guitar)
Capo 7
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
With these Chords I follow the version of the song by The Corries.
[Verse 1]
A E Farewell ye dungeons dark and strang, A D The wretches destiny, A E MacPhersons time will no be lang, A D E7 On yonder gallow's tree
[Verse 2]
A E It was by a woman's treachorous hands, A D That I was condemned to dee, A E She stood uben a windae ledge, A D E7 And a blanket threw o'er me
[Chorus]
A E Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, A D Ans sae dauntingly gaed he, A E He played a tune and he danced around A D E7 Below the gallow's tree
[Verse 3]
A E Oh what is death, but parting breath A D On mony a bloody plain A E I've daur'd his face, and in his place A D E7 I scorn him yet again
[Chorus]
A E Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, A D Ans sae dauntingly gaed he, A E He played a tune and he danced around A D E7 Below the gallow's tree
[Verse 4]
A E I have lived a life, o' straught and strife A D I die by treachery A E It burns my heart, that I must depart A D E7 An no avenged be
[Chorus]
A E Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, A D Ans sae dauntingly gaed he, A E He played a tune and he danced around A D E7 Below the gallow's tree
[Verse 5]
A E So tak these bands fae aff my hands A D Gae to me my sword A E There's nae a man in a' Scotland A D E7 But I'll brave him at a word
[Chorus]
A E Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, A D Ans sae dauntingly gaed he, A E He played a tune and he danced around A D E7 Below the gallow's tree
[Verse 6]
A E Now farewell light thou sunshine bright A D And all beneath the sky A E May coward shame distain his name A D E7 The wretch that dare not die
[Chorus]
A E Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, A D Ans sae dauntingly gaed he, A E He played a tune and he danced around A D E7 Below the gallow's tree