CALLING DOON THE LINES Lyrics And Guitar Chords /THE PIPER’S CALL For original version by Alan Brydon in the key A# major use capo on 3rd fret The Gsus4-chord (3-3-0-0-1-3) is optional and might be replaced by C. Guitar chords by Marc Fahrbach and a special request for John MacRae. Intro: G-D-C-G G-D7-G-Gsus4-G G-Gsus4-G The (G)boys stood on the (Gsus4)platform(G) In nineteen seven(D7)teen (G)Waiting for a (D)train to (C)Salisbury (G)Plain They were only (Am7)in their (D7)teens. A (G)lad to his mother said ’(Gsus4)Dinnae (G)fret We’ll be home by Christmas (D)day.’ And the (G)piper (D)played (C)Scotland the (G)Brave As they waved the (D7)boys a(G)way -Gsus4-G G-Gsus4-G Chorus (G)Calling doon the line, Calling (Em)doon the (C)line And they (G)rallied (D7)roond to the (C)pipers (G)tune (that was) Calling (D7)doon the (G)lines -Gsus4-G Bridge: G-D-C-G G-D7-G-Gsus4-G G-Gsus4-G The (G)Sergeant Major (Gsus4)pushed them (G)hard They were trained in only (D7)days For to (G)bear the (D)brunt of the (C)Western (G)front They would soon be (Am7)on their (D7)way So (G)off they marched, rifles (Gsus4)shoulder (G)high And all at once they (D)sang For (G)we’re no a(D)wa, tae (C)bide a(G)wa Tae the pipers (D7)in the (G)band -Gsus4-G G-Gsus4-G Chorus + Bridge The (G)thunder echoed (Gsus4)through the (G)trench As the shells abin them (D7)rained And the (G)generals (D)spent a (C)thousand (G)men For every (Am7)inch they (D7)gained And the (G)brave young men faced their (Gsus4)battle (G)dawn So proud to do their (D)jobs And the (G)piper (D)stood in the (C)line of (G)fire And played them (D)o’er the (G)top -Gsus4-G G-Gsus4-G Chorus + Bridge When (G)no man’s land fell (Gsus4)silent (G) And they counted all the (D7)dead The (G)victory (D)claimed would dis(C)guise the (G)shame And nothing (Am7)more was (D7)said And the (G)fallen brave on a (Gsus4)foreign (G)field They gave their very (D)best And the (G)piper (D)played a (C)sad la(G)ment As they laid the (D7)boys to (G)rest -Gsus4-G G-Gsus4-G Chorus twice And they (G)rallied (D7)roond to the (C)pipers (G)tune (that was) Calling (D7)doon the (G)lines -Gsus4-G
