Chords for ♫ Scottish Music - Highland Widow's lament ♫ LYRICS

Tempo:
131.4 bpm
Chords used:

A

D

G

Em

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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♫ Scottish Music - Highland Widow's lament ♫ LYRICS chords
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Why he come to the low country?
O'con, O'free
I've got a penny in my purse
[Am]
[F#] [Em]
[Am]
[F#] [G]
[F#] [Em] [B]
100%  ➙  131BPM
A
1231
D
1321
G
2131
Em
121
F#m
123111112
A
1231
D
1321
G
2131
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To learn Ian Campbell Folk Group - Highland Widows Lament chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: A, G, A, D, A, D and G. Adjust your pace with the tempo control on ChordU, starting slowly and speeding up progressively. With the song's key of D Major, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Why he come to the low country?
_ O'con, O'con, O'free _ _ _
I've got a penny in my _ purse
To buy a meal to me
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [D] It was [F#m] nursey in [C#] the heathen [A] house
[D] O'con, [A] O'con, [G] O'free
[A] _
_ [D] Me woman, [C#m] _ west [Bm]
country [D] wife
[G] So happy _ was [E] I _ _ [B] me _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] For there I [F#m]
had [Em] a score of [A] chive
_ [D] O'con, [A] O'con, [G] O'free
_ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] Feedin' on youn' [Bm] health so high
[G] And givin' [D]
love [E] to me
[A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] And there I [C#m]
had to [B] ask for [A] a youse
[D] O'con, [A] O'con, [G] O'free
_ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ [F#m] Skippin' _ [Bm] on [A] bonnie nouse
[Em] And _ [F#m] castin' [Em] gold to _ [A] me
_ _ [F#] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] I was the happiest [G] o'er the [A] land
[D] Sir, sir, [A] may I [G] re-pond
_ [A] _
_ [D] For Donald [C#] _ was [Bm] the [A] bravest man
[Em] And Donald [F#m]
he [E] was _ _ [A] mine
_ [F#] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] There's [F#m] nothing _ [Em] left to me of [A] our
[D] O'con, [A] O'con, [G] O'free
_ [A] _
[D] But _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] my he's to out [G] to seek their grief [E] in me
[B] _ _ _ _

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This song finds its place within the The last folk recordings V.6 album.

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