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