Intro
E B E B E C#m E B E A B
[Verse]
E B
"Fareweel, ye dungeons dark and strang
E C#m
Fareweel, fareweel", said he
E B
"MacPherson's time will no' be lang
E A B
Alow the gallows tree"
[Chorus]
E B
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly
E C#m
Sae dauntingly gaed he
E B
He played a tune and he danced it aroon'
E A B
Alow the gallows tree
[Verse]
E B
"It was by a woman's treacherous hand
E C#m
That I was condemned tae dee
E B
Aboon a ledge at a windae she stood
E A B
And a blanket she threw o'er me"
[Chorus]
E B
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly
E C#m
Sae dauntingly gaed he
E B
He played a tune and he danced it aroon'
E A B
Alow the gallows tree
[Verse]
E B
"Untie these bands frae aff o' my hands
E C#m
And gie tae me my sword
E B
There's no a man in a' Scotland
E A B
But I'll brave him at his word"
[Chorus]
E B
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly
E C#m
Sae dauntingly gaed he
E B
He played a tune and he danced it aroon'
E A B
Alow the gallows tree
[Verse]
E B
"Well, there's some come here tae see me hang
E C#m
And some tae buy my fiddle
E B
But afore that I dae part wi' her
E A B
I'd brak' her through the middle"
[Chorus]
E B
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly
E C#m
Sae dauntingly gaed he
E B
He played a tune and he danced it aroon'
E A B
Alow the gallows tree
[Verse]
E B
Well, he took his fiddle into both of his hands
E C#m
And he brak' it o'er a stane
E B
Said, "Nae ither hands shall play on thee
E A B
When I am deid and gane"
[Chorus]
E B
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly
E C#m
Sae dauntingly gaed he
E B
He played a tune and he danced it aroon'
E A B
Alow the gallows tree
[Verse]
E B
"Och, little did my mother think
E C#m
When first she cradled me
E B
That I would turn a roving boy
E A B
And die on the gallows tree"
[Chorus]
E B
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly
E C#m
Sae dauntingly gaed he
E B
He played a tune and he danced it aroon'
E A B
Alow the gallows tree
[Verse]
E B
The reprieve it was coming o'er the Brig o' Banff
E C#m
Tae set MacPherson free
E B
But they put the knock tae quarter past four
E A B
And they hanged him tae the tree
[Chorus]
E B
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly
E C#m
Sae dauntingly gaed he
E B
He played a tune and he danced it aroon'
E A B
Alow the gallows tree
- 1. Chord Gitar Alex Campbell - Macphersons Rant Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Alex Campbell - Macphersons Rant Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan