{"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":2505810,"song":"By Yon Castle Wall","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11509594-by-yon-castle-wall-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2505810?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Burns wrote or collected many songs about the Jacobite Rebellion.\r\nThis is unusual in that it is about the 'Old Pretender'. Not Bonnie Prince Charlie but his father James (VIII)\r\nand (III); son of the deposed James (II). He instigated the Rebellion in 1715 but it was ill-planned and\r\nill led. This is a suitably sad song.\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBy yon castle wa' at the close of the day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI heard a man sing, tho' his head it was grey,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd as he was singing, the tears doon came:[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n'There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame!'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'The Church is in ruins, the State is in jars,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nDelusions, oppressions, and murderous wars,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe dare na weel say it, but we ken wha's to blame[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n'There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame!'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'My seven braw sons for Jamie drew sword,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut now I greet round their green beds in the yard;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt broke the sweet heart o' my faithfu' auld dame[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n'There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame!'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Now life is a burden that bows me down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSin I tint my bairnies, and he tint his crown;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut till my last moments my words are the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n'There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame!'[/tab]","plain_text":"Burns wrote or collected many songs about the Jacobite Rebellion.\nThis is unusual in that it is about the 'Old Pretender'. Not Bonnie Prince Charlie but his father James (VIII)\nand (III); son of the deposed James (II). He instigated the Rebellion in 1715 but it was ill-planned and\nill led. This is a suitably sad song.\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]","chords":["Dm","C","Am","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}