{"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":2526819,"song":"The Portree Kid","artist":"The Corries","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11510743-the-portree-kid-chords-by-the-corries/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2526819?type=chord","rating":4.62284,"votes":11,"content":"THE PORTREE KID\r\n\r\nPERSONAL..Am\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nA man came riding oot the west one wild and stormy day[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe was tall and quiet and hungry his eyes were smoky grey[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe was lean across the hurdies but his shoulders they were big[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe terror of the hielan' glens that was the Portree kid[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe drum ho, he drum hey, The teuchter that cam frae Skye.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHis sidekick was an orra’man, and oh but he was mean[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe was ca’ed the midnight plough boy, and he came frae Aberdeen[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe had twenty seven notches on his cromak so they say[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd he killed a million Indians, way up in Stornoway[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nPortree booted in the door he sauntered tae the bar[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe poured a shot o crabbies he shouted Slàinte Mhat[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhile midnight was being chatted up by a bar room girl called Pam[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWho said well howdy – stranger, wad ye buy's a babycham[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNow over in the corner sat three men frae Auchertool[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThey were playing games for money in a snakes and ladder school[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe fourth man was a southerner who’d come up from Macmerry[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe'd been a river gambler on the Ballachulish Ferry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe drum ho, he drum hey, The teuchter that cam frae Skye.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nPortree walked up to the table and he shouted 'Shake me in'[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe shoogled on the egg cup, he ]gave the dice a spin[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe threw seven sixes in a row and the game was nearly done[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut he landed on a snake, and finished on square one[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe game was nearly over and Portree was doing fine[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe’d landed on a ladder, he was up to forty-nine[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe only had but one to go and the other man was beat[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut the gambler couped the board up, and shouted \"you're a cheat\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nMen dived behind the rubber plants to try and save their skins[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe accordionist stopped playing, his sidekick dropped the spoons[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe says \"I think its funny, you’ve been up the ladder twice,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd ye always dunt the table, when I’m going to throw the dice\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe drum ho, he drum hey, The teuchter that cam frae Skye.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe gambler drew his Skian Dubh as fast as lightening speed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nPortree grabbed a screwtop and cracked him O the heid[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen he gave him laldy wi’ a salmon off the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd he finished off the business, wi’ his lucky grousefoot's claw[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nPortree walked up to the bar, he says \"I’ll hae a half\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd d’ye like the way I stuck it on that wee Macmerry nyaff[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut the Southerner crept up behind his features wracked wi’ pain[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd gubbed him wi' an ashtray made oot o' a curling stane[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe fight went raging on all night till opening time next day[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWi’ a break for soup and stovies aff a coronation tray[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt was getting kind o' obvious, that neither man would win[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen came the shout that stopped it all \"there’s a bus trip comin in\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe drum ho, he drum hey, The teuchter that cam frae Skye.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThey sing this song in Galashiels and up to Peterheid[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWay down o’er the borders across the Rio Tweed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAbout what became O’Portree, Midnight and the gamblin' man,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey opened up a gift shop selling fresh air in a can[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe drum ho, he drum hey, The teuchter that cam frae Skye.[/tab]","plain_text":"THE PORTREE KID\n\nPERSONAL..Am\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","Em","Bm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}