{"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":1961019,"song":"Macphersons Lament","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11438569-macphersons-lament-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1961019?type=chord","rating":4.63067,"votes":6,"content":"With these Chords I follow the version of the song by The Corries.\r\nThey play it with Capo 7.\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFarewell ye dungeons dark and strang,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe wretches destiny,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMacPhersons time will no be lang,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nOn yonder gallow's tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt was by a woman's treachorous hands,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat I was condemned to dee,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe stood uben a windae ledge,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd a blanket threw o'er me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSae rantingly, sae wantonly,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAns sae dauntingly gaed he,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe played a tune and he danced around[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBelow the gallow's tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh what is death, but parting breath[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn mony a bloody plain[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI've daur'd his face, and in his place[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI scorn him yet again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSae rantingly, sae wantonly,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAns sae dauntingly gaed he,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe played a tune and he danced around[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBelow the gallow's tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI have lived a life, o' straught and strife[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI die by treachery[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt burns my heart, that I must depart[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAn no avenged be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSae rantingly, sae wantonly,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAns sae dauntingly gaed he,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe played a tune and he danced around[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBelow the gallow's tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo tak these bands fae aff my hands[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGae to me my sword[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere's nae a man in a' Scotland[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBut I'll brave him at a word[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSae rantingly, sae wantonly,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAns sae dauntingly gaed he,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe played a tune and he danced around[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBelow the gallow's tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow farewell light thou sunshine bright[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd all beneath the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMay coward shame distain his name[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThe wretch that dare not die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSae rantingly, sae wantonly,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAns sae dauntingly gaed he,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe played a tune and he danced around[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBelow the gallow's tree[/tab]","plain_text":"With these Chords I follow the version of the song by The Corries.\nThey play it with Capo 7.\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","E","D","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}