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