{"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":1900680,"song":"Macphersons Rant","artist":"Hamish Imlach","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11425682-macphersons-rant-chords-by-hamish-imlach/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1900680?type=chord","rating":4.63559,"votes":15,"content":"MacPherson’s Rant\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFare ye weel ye dark and lonely hills,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFar away beneath the sky.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMacpherson's time will no be long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\non yonder gallows tree.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSae rantinly, sae wantonly,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSae dantinly gaed he.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe played a tune, an' he danced it aroon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nin a blow the gallows tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]       \r\nIt was by a woman's treacherous haun,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat I was condemned tae dee.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]       \r\nUpon a ledge on a window she stood,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd a blanket she threw ower me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSae rantinly, sae wantonly,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSae dantinly gaed he.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe played a tune, an' he danced it aroon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nin a blow the gallows tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch] \r\nFor there's some come here tae see me die,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAn' some tae buy my fiddle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut before that I do part wi' her,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll break her through the middle[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSae rantinly, sae wantonly,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSae dantinly gaed he.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe played a tune, an' he danced it aroon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nin a blow the gallows tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch] \r\nHe took his fiddle in tae both o' his hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAn he break it ower a stane.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSays no anither shall play on thee,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen I am dead an' gone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSae rantinly, sae wantonly,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSae dantinly gaed he.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe played a tune, an' he danced it aroon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nin a blow the gallows tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThe reprieve was comin' ower the Brig o' Banff,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTae set Macpherson free.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut they pit the nock a quarter to four[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAn they hanged him tae the tree.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSae rantinly, sae wantonly,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSae dantinly gaed he.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe played a tune, an' he danced it aroon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nin a blow the gallows tree[/tab]","plain_text":"MacPherson’s Rant\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","D","C"],"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}