Chords for Massacre of Glencoe (Glencoe, House of Macdonald etc) from Scotdisc GRETNA to GLENCOE
Tempo:
116.6 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[A] [D]
[Am] [D] O cruel [G] is the snow [C] that sweeps [G]
Glencoe And covers the grave [D]
O'Donnell
O cruel was the foe [C] that raped [G] And [C] marked [D] the house O'McDonnell
[G] They came in [Am] a blizzard, [G] we offered [Em] them heat [A] A roof o'er their heads, dry [G] shoes [D] for their feet
We wined them [E] and dined them, [Bm] they ate of [Em] our meat And [Am] they slept [A] in the house O [G]
'McDonnell
O cruel is the snow [C] that sweeps [G] Glencoe And covers the grave [D] O'Donnell
O [G] cruel was the foe [C] that raped [G] Glencoe And [C] marked [D] the house O [G]'McDonnell
They came from [Am] Fort William [Bm] with murder [Em] in mind [A] The camel [D] had orders, [G] King William had [D] signed
[G] To tall to the [Am] sword [Bm] these words [Em] underlined And [Am]
leave none [D] alive called [G] O'McDonnell
O cruel is the snow [C] that sweeps [G] Glencoe And covers the grave O'Donnell
[E] O [G]
cruel was the foe that raped Glencoe And [C] marked [D] the house O [G]
'McDonnell
They came in the [Am]
night while [Bm] our men were [Em] asleep [E] This band [D] of our guilds, [G] through snow soft [D] and deep
Like [G] murdering [Am] foxes [Bm] among helpless [Em] sheep [Am] They butchered [D] the house O [G]'McDonnell
O cruel is the snow that [C] sweeps [G]
Glencoe And covers the grave
[D] O'Donnell
O [G] cruel was the foe [C] that raped [G] Glencoe And [C] marked [G] the house O'McDonnell
[D]
[G] Some died in their [Am] beds [Bm] at the hand of the [Em]
foe Some [A] fled in [D] the night and were lost in the snow
Some [G] lived to [Am] accuse him who [Bm] struck the [Em] first blow But [Am]
gone was [D] the house [G] O'McDonnell
O cruel is the snow [C] that sweeps [G] Glencoe And covers the grave O'Donnell
O cruel was the foe [C] that raped [G]
Glencoe And marked [C] the [D] house O 'McDonnell
[Am] [D] [G]
[A] [D]
[Am] [D] O cruel [G] is the snow [C] that sweeps [G]
Glencoe And covers the grave [D]
O'Donnell
O cruel was the foe [C] that raped [G] And [C] marked [D] the house O'McDonnell
[G] They came in [Am] a blizzard, [G] we offered [Em] them heat [A] A roof o'er their heads, dry [G] shoes [D] for their feet
We wined them [E] and dined them, [Bm] they ate of [Em] our meat And [Am] they slept [A] in the house O [G]
'McDonnell
O cruel is the snow [C] that sweeps [G] Glencoe And covers the grave [D] O'Donnell
O [G] cruel was the foe [C] that raped [G] Glencoe And [C] marked [D] the house O [G]'McDonnell
They came from [Am] Fort William [Bm] with murder [Em] in mind [A] The camel [D] had orders, [G] King William had [D] signed
[G] To tall to the [Am] sword [Bm] these words [Em] underlined And [Am]
leave none [D] alive called [G] O'McDonnell
O cruel is the snow [C] that sweeps [G] Glencoe And covers the grave O'Donnell
[E] O [G]
cruel was the foe that raped Glencoe And [C] marked [D] the house O [G]
'McDonnell
They came in the [Am]
night while [Bm] our men were [Em] asleep [E] This band [D] of our guilds, [G] through snow soft [D] and deep
Like [G] murdering [Am] foxes [Bm] among helpless [Em] sheep [Am] They butchered [D] the house O [G]'McDonnell
O cruel is the snow that [C] sweeps [G]
Glencoe And covers the grave
[D] O'Donnell
O [G] cruel was the foe [C] that raped [G] Glencoe And [C] marked [G] the house O'McDonnell
[D]
[G] Some died in their [Am] beds [Bm] at the hand of the [Em]
foe Some [A] fled in [D] the night and were lost in the snow
Some [G] lived to [Am] accuse him who [Bm] struck the [Em] first blow But [Am]
gone was [D] the house [G] O'McDonnell
O cruel is the snow [C] that sweeps [G] Glencoe And covers the grave O'Donnell
O cruel was the foe [C] that raped [G]
Glencoe And marked [C] the [D] house O 'McDonnell
[Am] [D] [G]
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_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ O cruel [G] is the snow [C] that sweeps [G] _
Glencoe And covers the grave [D] _
O'Donnell
_ _ O cruel was the foe [C] that raped [G] _ _ And [C] marked [D] the house O'McDonnell _
[G] _ They came in [Am] a blizzard, [G] we offered [Em] them heat [A] A roof o'er their heads, dry [G] shoes [D] for their feet
We wined them [E] and dined them, [Bm] they ate of [Em] our meat And [Am] they slept [A] in the house O [G] _
'McDonnell
_ O cruel is the snow [C] that sweeps [G] Glencoe And covers the grave [D] O'Donnell _
O [G] cruel was the foe [C] that raped _ [G] _ Glencoe And [C] marked [D] the house O [G]'McDonnell
They _ came from [Am] Fort William [Bm] with murder [Em] in mind [A] The camel [D] had orders, [G] King William had [D] signed
[G] To tall to the [Am] sword [Bm] these words [Em] underlined And [Am]
leave none [D] alive called [G] O'McDonnell _ _
O cruel is the snow [C] that sweeps [G] Glencoe And covers the grave _ O'Donnell
[E] _ O [G]
cruel was the foe that raped _ Glencoe And [C] marked [D] the house O [G]
'McDonnell
_ _ They came in the [Am]
night while [Bm] our men were [Em] asleep _ [E] This band [D] of our guilds, [G] through snow soft [D] and deep
Like [G] murdering [Am] foxes [Bm] among helpless [Em] sheep [Am] They butchered [D] the house O [G]'McDonnell
_ _ O cruel is the snow that [C] sweeps [G]
Glencoe And covers the grave _
[D] O'Donnell
_ O [G] cruel was the foe [C] that raped [G] _ _ Glencoe And [C] marked [G] the house O'McDonnell _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Some died in their [Am] beds [Bm] at the hand of the [Em]
foe Some [A] fled in [D] the night and were lost in the snow
Some [G] lived to [Am] accuse him who [Bm] struck the [Em] first blow But [Am]
gone was [D] the house [G] O'McDonnell _
_ O cruel is the snow [C] that sweeps [G] Glencoe And covers the grave O'Donnell
_ O cruel was the foe [C] that raped [G] _
Glencoe And marked [C] the [D] house O _ 'McDonnell
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ O cruel [G] is the snow [C] that sweeps [G] _
Glencoe And covers the grave [D] _
O'Donnell
_ _ O cruel was the foe [C] that raped [G] _ _ And [C] marked [D] the house O'McDonnell _
[G] _ They came in [Am] a blizzard, [G] we offered [Em] them heat [A] A roof o'er their heads, dry [G] shoes [D] for their feet
We wined them [E] and dined them, [Bm] they ate of [Em] our meat And [Am] they slept [A] in the house O [G] _
'McDonnell
_ O cruel is the snow [C] that sweeps [G] Glencoe And covers the grave [D] O'Donnell _
O [G] cruel was the foe [C] that raped _ [G] _ Glencoe And [C] marked [D] the house O [G]'McDonnell
They _ came from [Am] Fort William [Bm] with murder [Em] in mind [A] The camel [D] had orders, [G] King William had [D] signed
[G] To tall to the [Am] sword [Bm] these words [Em] underlined And [Am]
leave none [D] alive called [G] O'McDonnell _ _
O cruel is the snow [C] that sweeps [G] Glencoe And covers the grave _ O'Donnell
[E] _ O [G]
cruel was the foe that raped _ Glencoe And [C] marked [D] the house O [G]
'McDonnell
_ _ They came in the [Am]
night while [Bm] our men were [Em] asleep _ [E] This band [D] of our guilds, [G] through snow soft [D] and deep
Like [G] murdering [Am] foxes [Bm] among helpless [Em] sheep [Am] They butchered [D] the house O [G]'McDonnell
_ _ O cruel is the snow that [C] sweeps [G]
Glencoe And covers the grave _
[D] O'Donnell
_ O [G] cruel was the foe [C] that raped [G] _ _ Glencoe And [C] marked [G] the house O'McDonnell _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Some died in their [Am] beds [Bm] at the hand of the [Em]
foe Some [A] fled in [D] the night and were lost in the snow
Some [G] lived to [Am] accuse him who [Bm] struck the [Em] first blow But [Am]
gone was [D] the house [G] O'McDonnell _
_ O cruel is the snow [C] that sweeps [G] Glencoe And covers the grave O'Donnell
_ O cruel was the foe [C] that raped [G] _
Glencoe And marked [C] the [D] house O _ 'McDonnell
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
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