Misc Traditional – Will Ye No Come Back Again (Guitar)

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An ode to Bonnie Prince Charlie written some years after the 1745 Battle of Culloden. Verse 1
D                G    D
Bonnie Charlie's noo awa

D               A
Safely o'er the friendly main

D                 G        D
Mony a heart will break in twa 

                  A     D
Should he no come back again
Chorus
D               G     A
[tab]G               D     A
Will ye no come back again

D               G     D
Better lo'ed ye canna be

G               A     D
Will ye no come back again
Verse 2
D                  G       D
Ye trusted in your Hielan' men

D                     A
They trusted you dear Charlie

     D                G      D
They kent your hiding in the glen

               A   D
Death or exile braving
Chorus
D               G     A
Will ye no come back again

G               D     A
Will ye no come back again

D               G     D
Better lo'ed ye canna be

G               A     D
Will ye no come back again
Verse 3
D                     G        D
We watched you in the gloamin' hour

D                      A 
We watched thee in the mornin' grey

       D               G             D
Though thirty thousand pounds they'd gie

                       A        D
Oh there was nane that would betray
Chorus
D               G     A
Will ye no come back again

G               D     A
Will ye no come back again

D               G     D
Better lo'ed ye canna be

G               A     D
Will ye no come back again
Verse 4
D               G        D
Many a traitor 'mong the isles

D                A
Brak the band o' nature's laws

D              G       D
Many a traitor wi' his wiles

                   A     D
Sought to wear his life awa'
Chorus
D               G     A
Will ye no come back again

G               D     A
Will ye no come back again

D               G     D
Better lo'ed ye canna be

G               A     D
Will ye no come back again
Verse 5
D                  G       D
Many's the gallant soldier fought

D                  A
Many's the gallant chief did fall

D                G      D
Death itself was dearly bought 

                   A        D
All for Scotland's king and lord
Chorus
D               G     A
Will ye no come back again

G               D     A
Will ye no come back again

D               G     D
Better lo'ed ye canna be

G               A     D
Will ye no come back again
Verse 6
D                   G         D
Whene'er I hear the blackbird sing

D                A
Unto the evening sinking down

   D                   G       D
Or merl that makes the wood to ring

                  A     D
To me they hae no other sound
Chorus
D               G     A
Will ye no come back again

G               D     A
Will ye no come back again

D               G     D
Better lo'ed ye canna be

G               A     D
Will ye no come back again
Verse 7
D                      G        D
Sweet's the laverock's note and lang

D              A
Lilting wildly up the glen

    D            G        D
But aye to me he sings ae sang

                A     D
Will ye no come back again
Chorus
D               G     A
Will ye no come back again

G               D     A
Will ye no come back again

D               G     D
Better lo'ed ye canna be

G               A     D
Will ye no come back again