Chords for Hamish Imlach - McPherson's Farewell
Tempo:
102.65 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Em
C
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
There will be dark [D] and lonely hills, [G] or a wall [Em] beneath [G] the sky,
But persons time [D] will not be lying [G] on [Em] yonder [G] gallows eye.
Say run to me, [D] say wantonly, [G] say dauntonly, [C]
gaidy,
[G] He's played a tune, and [D] he's danced it to rune, [C] in a blow [Em] the [D]
gallows gleam.
[G] It was by a [D] woman's treacherous horn, [G] I [Em] am [G] condemned, gaidy,
A blow a ledge, at my windy she stood, a [Em] blanket she flew [G]
over me.
Say run to me, [D] say [G] wantonly, say [C] dauntonly, gaidy,
[G] He's played a tune, and [D] he's danced it to [C] rune, in a [Em] blow the [D]
gallows gleam.
[G] There's some come here, [D] they see me [G] hang, some [Em] stay by [G] my bedder,
But for the time, would [D] pair to a heart, [G] I'd brack through the midder.
Say run to me, [D] say wantonly, [G] say dauntonly, [C]
gaidy,
[G] He's played a tune, [D] and he's danced it to rune, [C] in a blow [Em] the [D] gallows gleam.
[G] He took the fiddle, and to [D] bathe for his [G] horn, [Em] bracket [G] over a stake,
Say any other horn [D] shall play on [G] thee, and I [Em] am [G] deed and name.
Say run to me, [D] say wantonly, [G] say dauntonly, [C]
gaidy,
[G] He's played a tune, [D] and he's danced it to [G] rune, in a blow the [D] gallows [G] gleam.
There's reprieves coming, for the briggle-bump, they [Em] set Macpherson [G]
free,
But they put the knock, a [D] quarter of four, [G] behind [Em] him to [G] the tree.
Say run to me, [D] say wantonly, [G] say dauntonly, [C]
gaidy,
[G] He's played a tune, and [D] he's danced it to rune, [C] in a blow [Em] the [D] gallows gleam.
[G] Oh little did my [D] mother think, [G] when [Em] first she [G]
cradled me,
That I would turn [D]
a roving boy, die on [E] the [G]
gallows gleam.
Say run to me, [D] say [G] wantonly, say dauntonly, [C] gaidy,
[G] He's played a tune, and he's [D] danced it to rune, [Am] in a [Em] blow the [G] gallows gleam.
There will be dark [D] and lonely hills, [G] or a wall [Em] beneath [G] the sky,
But persons time [D] will not be lying [G] on [Em] yonder [G] gallows eye.
Say run to me, [D] say wantonly, [G] say dauntonly, [C]
gaidy,
[G] He's played a tune, and [D] he's danced it to rune, [C] in a blow [Em] the [D]
gallows gleam.
[G] It was by a [D] woman's treacherous horn, [G] I [Em] am [G] condemned, gaidy,
A blow a ledge, at my windy she stood, a [Em] blanket she flew [G]
over me.
Say run to me, [D] say [G] wantonly, say [C] dauntonly, gaidy,
[G] He's played a tune, and [D] he's danced it to [C] rune, in a [Em] blow the [D]
gallows gleam.
[G] There's some come here, [D] they see me [G] hang, some [Em] stay by [G] my bedder,
But for the time, would [D] pair to a heart, [G] I'd brack through the midder.
Say run to me, [D] say wantonly, [G] say dauntonly, [C]
gaidy,
[G] He's played a tune, [D] and he's danced it to rune, [C] in a blow [Em] the [D] gallows gleam.
[G] He took the fiddle, and to [D] bathe for his [G] horn, [Em] bracket [G] over a stake,
Say any other horn [D] shall play on [G] thee, and I [Em] am [G] deed and name.
Say run to me, [D] say wantonly, [G] say dauntonly, [C]
gaidy,
[G] He's played a tune, [D] and he's danced it to [G] rune, in a blow the [D] gallows [G] gleam.
There's reprieves coming, for the briggle-bump, they [Em] set Macpherson [G]
free,
But they put the knock, a [D] quarter of four, [G] behind [Em] him to [G] the tree.
Say run to me, [D] say wantonly, [G] say dauntonly, [C]
gaidy,
[G] He's played a tune, and [D] he's danced it to rune, [C] in a blow [Em] the [D] gallows gleam.
[G] Oh little did my [D] mother think, [G] when [Em] first she [G]
cradled me,
That I would turn [D]
a roving boy, die on [E] the [G]
gallows gleam.
Say run to me, [D] say [G] wantonly, say dauntonly, [C] gaidy,
[G] He's played a tune, and he's [D] danced it to rune, [Am] in a [Em] blow the [G] gallows gleam.
Key:
G
D
Em
C
E
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D
Em
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There will be dark [D] and lonely hills, [G] or a wall [Em] beneath [G] the sky,
But persons time [D] will not be lying [G] on [Em] yonder [G] gallows eye.
_ Say run to me, [D] say _ wantonly, [G] say _ dauntonly, [C]
gaidy,
_ _ [G] He's played a tune, and [D] he's danced it to rune, [C] in a blow [Em] the _ [D]
gallows gleam.
[G] It was by a [D] woman's treacherous horn, [G] I [Em] am [G] condemned, gaidy,
A blow a ledge, at my windy she stood, a [Em] blanket she flew [G]
over me.
Say run to me, [D] say _ [G] wantonly, say _ [C] dauntonly, gaidy,
_ [G] He's played a tune, and [D] he's danced it to [C] rune, in a [Em] blow the [D]
gallows gleam.
_ [G] There's some come here, [D] they see me [G] hang, some [Em] stay by [G] my bedder,
But for the time, would [D] pair to a heart, [G] I'd brack through the _ midder.
Say run to me, [D] say _ wantonly, [G] say _ dauntonly, [C]
gaidy,
_ [G] _ He's played a tune, [D] and he's danced it to rune, [C] in a blow [Em] the [D] gallows gleam.
[G] He took the fiddle, and to [D] bathe for his [G] horn, _ [Em] bracket [G] over a stake,
_ Say any other horn [D] shall play on [G] thee, and I [Em] am [G] deed and name.
Say run to me, [D] say _ wantonly, [G] say _ dauntonly, [C]
gaidy,
_ [G] He's played a tune, [D] and he's danced it to [G] rune, in a blow the [D] gallows _ [G] gleam.
There's reprieves coming, for the briggle-bump, they [Em] set Macpherson [G] _
free,
But they put the knock, a [D] quarter of four, [G] behind [Em] him to [G] the tree.
Say run to me, [D] say _ wantonly, [G] say _ dauntonly, [C]
gaidy,
_ [G] He's played a tune, and [D] he's danced it to rune, [C] in a blow [Em] the [D] gallows gleam.
[G] Oh little did my [D] mother think, [G] when [Em] first she [G]
cradled me,
_ That I would turn [D]
a roving boy, die on [E] the [G]
gallows gleam.
Say run to me, [D] say _ [G] wantonly, say _ dauntonly, [C] _ gaidy,
[G] He's played a tune, and he's [D] danced it to rune, [Am] in a [Em] blow the [G] gallows gleam. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There will be dark [D] and lonely hills, [G] or a wall [Em] beneath [G] the sky,
But persons time [D] will not be lying [G] on [Em] yonder [G] gallows eye.
_ Say run to me, [D] say _ wantonly, [G] say _ dauntonly, [C]
gaidy,
_ _ [G] He's played a tune, and [D] he's danced it to rune, [C] in a blow [Em] the _ [D]
gallows gleam.
[G] It was by a [D] woman's treacherous horn, [G] I [Em] am [G] condemned, gaidy,
A blow a ledge, at my windy she stood, a [Em] blanket she flew [G]
over me.
Say run to me, [D] say _ [G] wantonly, say _ [C] dauntonly, gaidy,
_ [G] He's played a tune, and [D] he's danced it to [C] rune, in a [Em] blow the [D]
gallows gleam.
_ [G] There's some come here, [D] they see me [G] hang, some [Em] stay by [G] my bedder,
But for the time, would [D] pair to a heart, [G] I'd brack through the _ midder.
Say run to me, [D] say _ wantonly, [G] say _ dauntonly, [C]
gaidy,
_ [G] _ He's played a tune, [D] and he's danced it to rune, [C] in a blow [Em] the [D] gallows gleam.
[G] He took the fiddle, and to [D] bathe for his [G] horn, _ [Em] bracket [G] over a stake,
_ Say any other horn [D] shall play on [G] thee, and I [Em] am [G] deed and name.
Say run to me, [D] say _ wantonly, [G] say _ dauntonly, [C]
gaidy,
_ [G] He's played a tune, [D] and he's danced it to [G] rune, in a blow the [D] gallows _ [G] gleam.
There's reprieves coming, for the briggle-bump, they [Em] set Macpherson [G] _
free,
But they put the knock, a [D] quarter of four, [G] behind [Em] him to [G] the tree.
Say run to me, [D] say _ wantonly, [G] say _ dauntonly, [C]
gaidy,
_ [G] He's played a tune, and [D] he's danced it to rune, [C] in a blow [Em] the [D] gallows gleam.
[G] Oh little did my [D] mother think, [G] when [Em] first she [G]
cradled me,
_ That I would turn [D]
a roving boy, die on [E] the [G]
gallows gleam.
Say run to me, [D] say _ [G] wantonly, say _ dauntonly, [C] _ gaidy,
[G] He's played a tune, and he's [D] danced it to rune, [Am] in a [Em] blow the [G] gallows gleam. _ _ _ _ _
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