| G# | Fm | D# | A# | A#1 | G#1 | C |
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| To make it sound like a harp try some finger picking patterns |
| G# Fm D# (C) A# (C A#) you could eventually play the C in between |
| Ca' the yowes to the knowes |
| G# | Fm | D# | A#1 | |
| Call them | where the | heather | grows |
| G#1 | D# | Fm | D# | |
| Call them | where the | burnie | rowes |
| A# | D# | Fm | |
| My | bonnie | dearie |
| G# | Fm | D# | A# | |
| When I went | down the | water- | side |
| G# | Fm | D# | A#1 | |
| To see the | fishes | sweetly | plaid |
| G#1 | D# | Fm | D# | |
| Beneath the | hazel | spreading | wide |
| A# | D# | Fm | |
| And the moon that | shines so | clearly |
| G# | Fm | D# | A# | |
| When | I went | down the | water- | side |
| G# | Fm | D# | A#1 | |
| 'Twas | there I | met my | shepherd | lad |
| G#1 | D# | Fm | D# | |
| He | row'd me | sweetly | in his | plaid |
| A# | D# | Fm | |
| And | called me, | I his | dearie |
| G# | Fm | D# | A# | |
| If | you'll but | stand to | what you've | said |
| G# | Fm | D# | A#1 | |
| I'll | come with | you, my | bonnie | lad |
| G#1 | D# | Fm | D# | |
| And y | ou may | row me | in your | plaid |
| A# | D# | Fm | |
| And | i will | be your | dearie |
| G# | Fm | D# | A# | |
| You | will get | gowns and | ribbons | meet |
| G# | Fm | D# | A#1 | |
| And | leather | shoes | upon your | feet |
| G#1 | D# | Fm | D# | |
| And | in my | arms you'll | lie and | sleep |
| A# | D# | Fm | |
| My | bonnie | dearie |
| vary with these chords |
| Fm7 | |
| | | -8-| |-11| |-13| |-16| |
|-9-| |-9-| |-9-| |-8-| |-8-| |-8-|
| |-10| |-10| |-10| |
|-8-| |-8-| |-8-| |-x-| |-x-| |-x-|
| G# | Fm | D# | A# | |
| As | waters | wimple | to the | sea |
| G# | Fm | D# | A#1 | |
| While | day breaks | in the | sky so | high |
| G#1 | D# | Fm | D# | |
| Till' | clay-cold | death shall | blind my | eye |
| A# | D# | Fm | |
| I shall | be thy | dearie |
| G#1 | D# | Fm | D# | |
| Till' | clay-cold | death shall | blind my | eye |
| A# | D# | Fm | |
| I shall | be thy | dearie |