{"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":2526714,"song":"Bannockburn","artist":"The Corries","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11510739-bannockburn-chords-by-the-corries/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2526714?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn 1314, the twenty-fourth of June,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKing Eddie says \"We're ready now to steal the stone of Scone\".[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe brought his biggest army but he had backed a deuce,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nat Bannockburn he found that he was up against the Bruce.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, we raised our pipes and the English kept a-coming,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut they werena quite so happy when we gie'd the pipes a blaw,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nstruck once more, they began a-running,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nready, steady, Eddie, go, it's time to shoot the craw.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, we had a bowl of porridge and a wee bit pinch of salt,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwe had a dram of whisky and it was the finest malt.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe each wore a tammy and we wore the philibegs,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEddie was in terror when he seen the hairy legs.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, we raised our pipes and the English kept a-coming,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut they werena quite so happy when we gie'd the pipes a blaw,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nstruck once more, they began a-running,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nready, steady, Eddie, go, it's time to shoot the craw.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow poor King Edward, nearly had a fit,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhen he seen his cavalry falling doon a pit.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhis men looked up from the trap that Bruce had built,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand they were shocked to find what was worn beneath the kilt.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, we raised our pipes and the English kept a-coming,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut they werena quite so happy when we gie'd the pipes a blaw,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nstruck once more, they began a-running,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nready, steady, Eddie, go, it's time to shoot the craw.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe sent for his archers, a group of country folk,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthey erred and they purred, what a funny way they spoke,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwith those archers Eddie had a go,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut they were as effective as the ones on radio.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, we raised our pipes and the English kept a-coming,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut they werena quite so happy when we gie'd the pipes a blaw,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nstruck once more, they began a-running,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nready, steady, Eddie, go, it's time to shoot the craw.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the fastest horse that you have ever saw,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKing Eddie went a-racing o'er the Border and awa,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhe was fond of Scotland, but he never did return,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhe didn't like the welcome that he got at Bannockburn.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, we raised our pipes and the English kept a-coming,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut they werena quite so happy when we gie'd the pipes a blaw,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nstruck once more, they began a-running,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nready, steady, Eddie, go, it's time to shoot the craw.[/tab]\r\n\r\nGCG + Ready, steady, Eddie, go, it's time to shoot the craw.","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nGCG + Ready, steady, Eddie, go, it's time to shoot the craw.","chords":["G","C","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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}