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