{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1729956,"song":"A Scottish Soldier","artist":"Andy Stewart","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11369081-a-scottish-soldier-chords-by-andy-stewart/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1729956?type=chord","rating":4.69427,"votes":22,"content":"This is a simplified version of this song which was a hit in the UK and US in 1961.\r\n\r\nVerse 1\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere was a soldier a Scottish soldier[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWho wandered far away and soldiered far away[/tab]\r\n               \r\nThere was none bolder with good broad shoulder\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nHe's fought in many a fray and fought and won[/tab]\r\n                  \r\nHe'd seen the glory and told the story\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf battles glorious and deeds victorious[/tab]\r\n                 \r\nBut now he's sighing his heart is crying\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo leave these green hills of Tyrol[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBecause these green hills are not highland hills[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr the island hills they're not my land's hills[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd fair as these green foreign hills may be                   [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey are not the hills of home[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd now this soldier this Scottish soldier[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWho wandered far away and soldiered far away[/tab]\r\n                \r\nSees leaves are falling and death is calling\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he will fade away in that far land[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe called his piper his trusty piper[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd bade him sound a lay a pibroch sad to play[/tab]\r\n            \r\nUpon a hill-side a Scottish hillside\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNot on these green hills of Tyrol[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBecause these green hills are not highland hills[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr the island hills they're not my land's hills[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd fair as these green foreign hills may be                   [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey are not the hills of home[/tab]\r\n                    \r\nVerse 3\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd so this soldier this Scottish soldier[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWill wander far no more and soldier far no more[/tab]\r\n             \r\nAnd on a hillside a Scottish hillside\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou'll see that piper play his soldier home[/tab]\r\n                  \r\nHe's seen the glory he's told the story\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf battles glorious and deeds victorious[/tab]\r\n                 \r\nThe bugles cease now he is at peace now\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFar from those green hills of Tyrol[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBecause these green hills are not highland hills[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr the island hills they're not my land's hills[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd fair as these green foreign hills may be                   [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nThey are not the hills of home[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAlthough those green hills are not highland hills[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr the island hills they're not my land's hills[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd fair as these green foreign hills may be                   [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     \r\nThey are not the hills of home[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThose green hills are not highland hills[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr the island hills they're not my land's hills[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd fair as these green foreign hills may be                   [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey are not the hills of home[/tab]","plain_text":"This is a simplified version of this song which was a hit in the UK and US in 1961.\n\nVerse 1\n\n\n               \nThere was none bolder with good broad shoulder\n\n                  \nHe'd seen the glory and told the story\n\n                 \nBut now he's sighing his heart is crying\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2\n\n\n                \nSees leaves are falling and death is calling\n\n\n\n            \nUpon a hill-side a Scottish hillside\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n                    \nVerse 3\n\n\n             \nAnd on a hillside a Scottish hillside\n\n                  \nHe's seen the glory he's told the story\n\n                 \nThe bugles cease now he is at peace now\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus","chords":["C","G","F","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}