[Verse 1]
F#m A E
Ye jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear,
F#m
Ye jacobites by name, lend an ear,
A E
Ye jacobites by name, your faults I must proclaim.
F#m E
Your doctrines I maun blaim, You will hear, you will hear
F#m
Your doctrines I maun blaim, You will hear.
[Verse 2]
F#m A E
What is right and what is wrong, by the law, by the law,
F#m
What is right and what is wrong, by the law,
A E
What is right and what is wrong, a short sword or a long,
F#m E
A weak arm or a strong for the draw, for the draw,
F#m
A weak arm or a strong for the draw.
[Verse 3]
F#m A E
What makes heroic strife, famed afar, famed afar,
F#m
What makes heroic strife, famed afar,
A E
What makes heroic strife to whet the assassin's knife
F#m E
Or hunt a parent's life with bloody war, bloody war,
F#m
Or hunt a parent's life with bloody war.
[Verse 4]
F#m A E
So let you schemes alone, in the state, in the state,
F#m
So let you schemes alone, in the state,
A E
So let you schemes alone, adore the rising sun,
F#m E
And leave a man undone, to is fate, to is fate,
F#m
And leave a man undone, to is fate.
