The Corries – Mormond Braes (Guitar)

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[Intro]
G               C       G
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes

                          C    D
Where oft times I've been cheery

G               Em
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes

         C               D  G
For it’s there I lost my dearie
[Verse 1]
G                 C        G
As I gaed down by Strichen town

                    C  D
I heard a fair maid crying

G              Em
She was making sair complaint

        C                 D  G
For her true love ne'er returning

G                   C       G
Mormond Braes where heather grows

                          C   D
Where oft times I've been cheery

G                        Em
It's Mormond Braes where heather grows

         C               D  G   C G D G
For it’s there I lost my dearie
[Chorus]
G               C       G
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes

                          C    D
Where oft times I've been cheery

G               Em
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes

         C               D  G
For it’s there I lost my dearie
[Verse 2]
G                       C      G
There’s aye good fish into the sea

                   C D
As ever yet’s been taken

     G                Em
I'll cast my line and try again

        C            D G
For I'm only once forsaken
[Chorus]
G               C       G
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes

                          C    D
Where oft times I've been cheery

G               Em
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes

         C               D  G   G C G D G
For it’s there I lost my dearie
[Verse 3]
G                        C            G
There’s many a horse has snappert and fa'n

                      C  D
And risen again richt early

        G                   Em
There’s many's the lass has lost her lad

    C                    D  G
And gotten another right early
[Chorus]
G               C       G
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes

                          C    D
Where oft times I've been cheery

G               Em
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes

         C               D  G   G C G D G
For it’s there I lost my dearie
[Verse 4]
G                   C       G
Well I'll put on my dress o'green

                    C D
That auld forsaken token

    G                  Em
And that's tae let the young lads ken

         C                 D  G
That the bonds o' love are broken
[Chorus]
G               C       G
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes

                          C    D
Where oft times I've been cheery

G               Em
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes

         C               D  G   G C G D G
For it’s there I lost my dearie
[Verse 5]
G                    C        G
Well I'll go back to Strichen town

                     C    D
Where I was bred and born in

    G               Em
And there I'll get another lad

   C               D   G
To marry me in the morning
[Chorus]
G               C       G
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes

                          C    D
Where oft times I've been cheery

G               Em
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes

         C               D  G
For it’s there I lost my dearie