Chords for Calling Doon the Line (The Piper's Call)

_ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Boys stood on [Eb] the [Bb] platform in _ _ 1917
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] Waiting [Dm] for a train to [Eb] Salisbury [Bb] Plain
But only in their [F] teens
_ [Bb] A lad to his mother [Eb] said [Bb] in a fret
We'll be home by Christmas [F] Day
_ [Bb] And the [Dm] piper played [Cm] _ [Gm] Scotland Abrave
[Bb] As he waved the [F] boys away _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] Collin doon the line _
_ Collin [Eb] doon the line _ _
[A] And they rallied [F] round to the [Gm] piper's tune
[Bb] It was Collin doon the line _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Sergeant [Eb] Major pushed [Bb] them hard
They were trained in only [F] days
[Bb] For to [Dm] bear the brunt [Eb] of the Western [Bb] front
_ They would soon be on [F] their way
_ _ [Bb] So off they marched, [Eb] rifles [Gm] shoulder high
[Bb] And all at once they [F] sang
_ [Bb] For we're [Dm] no' [Eb] what to buy
[Bb] To what to the [F] pipers [Bb] in the band _ _ _ _ _
_ Collin doon the line _
_ Collin [Eb] doon the line _
[F] And they rallied round [Bb] to the piper's tune
It was Collin doon the line _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
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_ _ _ The thunder _ [Eb] echoed through the [Bb] trench
As the shells of bin Em [F] rained
_ [Bb] And the general [F] spent [Cm] a thousand [Bb] men
For every inch [F] they gained
And [Bb] the brave young men [Eb] faced their [Bb] battle dawn
So proud to do [F] their job
_ And the piper stood [Eb] in a line [Bb] of fire
And played them over the _ top _ _ _ _
_ Collin doon the line _ _
_ Collin doon [Eb] the line _
[Bb] And they rallied round [Eb] to the [Bb] piper's tune
It was Collin doon the line _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
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_ _ _ When no man's land fell [Eb] silent
[Bb] _ And they counted all the dead
_ [F] _ [Bb] The victory [F] claimed [Eb] would disguise [Bb] the shame
And nothing more was [F] said
_ [Bb] And the fallen brave [Eb] on a foreign [Bb] field
They gave their very [F] best
[Bb] And the piper [F] played [Eb] a [Bb] sad lament
_ As they laid the boys to rest _ _
_ _ _ _ Collin doon the line
_ _ Collin doon [Eb] the line
_ [C] And they rallied round [Eb] to the piper's [Bb] tune
It was Collin doon the line
_ _ _ _ Collin doon the line
_ _ Collin doon the [Eb] line
_ [Bb] And they [F] rallied round [Eb] to the [Bb] piper's tune
It was Collin doon the line
_ [F] And [Bb] they rallied round to the piper's tune
It was Collin [Eb] doon the [Bb] line _ _
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