The Yew Tree (Battlefield Band)
Keyboard
D#m
A# mile frae Pentcaitland, on the road to the sea
Stands a yew tree a thousand years old
And the old women swear by the grey o' their hair
That it knows what the future will hold
G# C# D#m
For the shadows of Scotland stand round it
C# G#
'Mid the kail and the corn and the kye
F# C#
All the hopes and the fears of a thousand long years
D#m C# Cb
Under the Lothian sky
C#
My bonnie yew tree
D#m
Tell me what did you see
Guitar
Fm D# C# Fm
Did you look through the haze o' the lang summer days
C# D# Fm
Tae the South and the far English border
Fm D# C# Fm
A' the bonnets o' steel on Flodden's far field
C# D# Fm
Did they march by your side in good order
A# D# Fm
Did you ask them the price o' their glory
D# A#
When you heard the great slaughter begin
G# D# Cm
For the dust o' their bones would rise up from the stones
Fm D# Fm
To bring tears to the eyes o' the wind
D#
My bonnie yew tree
Fm C# Fm
Tell me what did you see
Fm D# C# Fm
Not once did you speak for the poor and the weak
C# D# Fm
When the moss-troopers lay in your shade
Fm D# C# Fm
To count out the plunder and hide frae the thunder
C# D# Fm
And share out the spoils o' their raid
A# D# Fm
But you saw the smiles o' the gentry
D# A#
And the laughter of lords at their gains
G# D#
When the poor hunt the poor across mountain and moor
Fm D# Fm
The rich man can keep them in chains
D#
My bonnie yew tree
Fm C# Fm
Tell me what did you see
Fm D# C# Fm
Did you no' think tae tell when John Knox himsel'
C# D# Fm
Preached under your branches sae black
Fm D# C# Fm
To the poor common folk who would lift up the yoke
C# D# Fm
O' the bishops and priests frae their backs
A# D# Fm
But you knew the bargain he sold them
D# A#
And freedom was only one part
G# D# Cm
For the price o' their souls was a gospel sae cold
N.C.
It would freeze up the joy in their hearts
D#
My bonnie yew tree
Fm C# Fm
Tell me what did you see
Solo
A#m D# G# Fm
A#m D# G# Fm
F# Fm F# Fm
F# G# A#
Fm
And I thought as I stood and laid hands on your wood
That it might be a kindness to fell you
One kiss o' the axe and you're freed frae the racks
C# D# Fm
O' the sad bloody tales that men tell you
Slowed down
A# D# Fm
But a wee bird flew out from your branches
D# A#
And sang out as never before
G# D# Cm
And the words o' the song were a thousand years long
Fm D# C#
And to learn them's a long thousand more
D#
My bonnie yew tree
Fm
Tell me what CAN you see
Hope you enjoy the Music.
Peace
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