Chords for The Bonnie Lass of Fyvie
Tempo:
127.6 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
A
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
There once was a troop of Irish dragoons, [D] Came marching down through Fifey O,
[G] And a captain fell in love [C] with a very [Am] wunny lass, [D] Her name it was [G] called Pretty [C] [G] Peggy O.
There's many a wunny lass in Kirkton, the Bachtor lass,
[D] There's many a wunny lassie in Old Deary O,
[G] There's many a wunny jean [C] in the streets of [Am]
Aberdeen,
[D] But the flower of them all [G] lives down [C] in [G] Fifey O.
Come down the stairs Pretty Peggy my dear,
[D] Come down the stairs Pretty Peggy O,
[G] I come down the stairs [C] come back [Am] ill of hair,
[D] Say long farewell [G] to your mammy O.
I never did intend a soldier's lady for to be,
[D] I never will marry a soldier O.
[G] I never did intend a [C] gang to a [Am] foreign land,
[D] I never will [G] marry a soldier O.
The colonel he cried mount, mount boys mount,
[D] The captain he cried tally O.
[G] Let's tally for a while [C] for another [Am] day or two,
[D] Till I see if this wunny [G] lass will marry O.
It was early next morning as we marched to war,
[D] And oh but our captain he was sorry O.
[G] A drum's aided beat, [C] oh the wunny [Am] braise he came,
[D] And the pipes played the wunny [G] lass will praise thee [A] O.
[E]
[A]
[D] [E]
[A]
Lying where we came, to the Isle of Melbourne's Isle,
[E] We had our captain to carry O.
[A] And lying where we came, to [D] the town of [Bm] Aberdeen,
[E] We had our captain [A] to bury O.
Bring draw the berks, what wunny is inside,
[E] And low lie the lowlands of Pipey O.
[A] Our captain's name was Ned, and [D] he died for a maid,
[E] He died for the [A] timbermaid of Pipey O.
[N]
There once was a troop of Irish dragoons, [D] Came marching down through Fifey O,
[G] And a captain fell in love [C] with a very [Am] wunny lass, [D] Her name it was [G] called Pretty [C] [G] Peggy O.
There's many a wunny lass in Kirkton, the Bachtor lass,
[D] There's many a wunny lassie in Old Deary O,
[G] There's many a wunny jean [C] in the streets of [Am]
Aberdeen,
[D] But the flower of them all [G] lives down [C] in [G] Fifey O.
Come down the stairs Pretty Peggy my dear,
[D] Come down the stairs Pretty Peggy O,
[G] I come down the stairs [C] come back [Am] ill of hair,
[D] Say long farewell [G] to your mammy O.
I never did intend a soldier's lady for to be,
[D] I never will marry a soldier O.
[G] I never did intend a [C] gang to a [Am] foreign land,
[D] I never will [G] marry a soldier O.
The colonel he cried mount, mount boys mount,
[D] The captain he cried tally O.
[G] Let's tally for a while [C] for another [Am] day or two,
[D] Till I see if this wunny [G] lass will marry O.
It was early next morning as we marched to war,
[D] And oh but our captain he was sorry O.
[G] A drum's aided beat, [C] oh the wunny [Am] braise he came,
[D] And the pipes played the wunny [G] lass will praise thee [A] O.
[E]
[A]
[D] [E]
[A]
Lying where we came, to the Isle of Melbourne's Isle,
[E] We had our captain to carry O.
[A] And lying where we came, to [D] the town of [Bm] Aberdeen,
[E] We had our captain [A] to bury O.
Bring draw the berks, what wunny is inside,
[E] And low lie the lowlands of Pipey O.
[A] Our captain's name was Ned, and [D] he died for a maid,
[E] He died for the [A] timbermaid of Pipey O.
[N]
Key:
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D
C
A
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ There once was a troop of Irish dragoons, [D] Came marching down through _ Fifey O,
[G] And a captain fell in love [C] with a very [Am] wunny lass, [D] Her name it was [G] called Pretty _ [C] [G] Peggy O. _
There's many a wunny lass in Kirkton, the Bachtor lass,
[D] There's many a wunny lassie in Old Deary O,
[G] There's many a wunny jean [C] in the streets of [Am]
Aberdeen,
[D] But the flower of them all [G] lives down [C] in [G] Fifey O. _ _
Come down the stairs Pretty Peggy my dear,
[D] Come down the stairs Pretty Peggy O,
[G] I come down the stairs [C] come back [Am] ill of hair,
[D] Say long farewell [G] to your mammy O. _
I never did intend a soldier's lady for to be,
[D] I never will marry a soldier O.
[G] I never did intend a [C] gang to a [Am] foreign land,
[D] I never will [G] marry a soldier O. _
The colonel he cried mount, mount boys mount,
[D] The captain he cried tally O.
[G] Let's tally for a while [C] for another [Am] day or two,
[D] Till I see if this wunny [G] lass will marry O. _
It was early next morning as we marched to war,
[D] And oh but our captain he was sorry O.
[G] A drum's aided beat, [C] oh the wunny [Am] braise he came,
[D] And the pipes played the wunny [G] lass will praise thee [A] O. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ Lying where we came, to the Isle of Melbourne's Isle,
[E] We had our captain to carry O.
[A] And lying where we came, to [D] the town of [Bm] Aberdeen,
[E] We had our captain [A] to bury O.
_ Bring draw the berks, what wunny is inside,
[E] And low lie the lowlands of _ Pipey O.
[A] Our captain's name was Ned, and [D] he died for a maid,
[E] He died for the [A] timbermaid of Pipey O.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ There once was a troop of Irish dragoons, [D] Came marching down through _ Fifey O,
[G] And a captain fell in love [C] with a very [Am] wunny lass, [D] Her name it was [G] called Pretty _ [C] [G] Peggy O. _
There's many a wunny lass in Kirkton, the Bachtor lass,
[D] There's many a wunny lassie in Old Deary O,
[G] There's many a wunny jean [C] in the streets of [Am]
Aberdeen,
[D] But the flower of them all [G] lives down [C] in [G] Fifey O. _ _
Come down the stairs Pretty Peggy my dear,
[D] Come down the stairs Pretty Peggy O,
[G] I come down the stairs [C] come back [Am] ill of hair,
[D] Say long farewell [G] to your mammy O. _
I never did intend a soldier's lady for to be,
[D] I never will marry a soldier O.
[G] I never did intend a [C] gang to a [Am] foreign land,
[D] I never will [G] marry a soldier O. _
The colonel he cried mount, mount boys mount,
[D] The captain he cried tally O.
[G] Let's tally for a while [C] for another [Am] day or two,
[D] Till I see if this wunny [G] lass will marry O. _
It was early next morning as we marched to war,
[D] And oh but our captain he was sorry O.
[G] A drum's aided beat, [C] oh the wunny [Am] braise he came,
[D] And the pipes played the wunny [G] lass will praise thee [A] O. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ Lying where we came, to the Isle of Melbourne's Isle,
[E] We had our captain to carry O.
[A] And lying where we came, to [D] the town of [Bm] Aberdeen,
[E] We had our captain [A] to bury O.
_ Bring draw the berks, what wunny is inside,
[E] And low lie the lowlands of _ Pipey O.
[A] Our captain's name was Ned, and [D] he died for a maid,
[E] He died for the [A] timbermaid of Pipey O.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _