Intro
F#m E F#m E D E D E (2x)
[Chorus]
F#m E D C#m
Cold the wind on the moors blow
F#m E D C#m
Warm the enemy's fire glows
A Bm D F#m
Black the harvest of Culloden
D C#m D F#m
Pain and fear and death grow
[Verse 1]
D E D A
'Twas love of our prince drove us on to Drumossie
F#m C#m D
But in scarcely the time that it takes me to tell
E D A
The flower of our country lay scorched by an army
F#m C#m D
As ruthless and red as the embers of hell
[Chorus]
F#m E D C#m
Cold the wind on the moors blow
F#m E D C#m
Warm the enemy's fire glows
A Bm D F#m
Black the harvest of Culloden
D C#m D F#m
Pain and fear and death grow
[Instrumental]
F#m E F#m E F#m E F#m
[Verse 2]
D E D A
Red Campbell the Fox did the work of the English
F#m C#m D
MacDonald in anger, did no work at all
E D A
With musket and cannon 'gainst honour and courage
F#m C#m D
The invader's men stood, while our clansmen did fall
[Chorus]
F#m E D C#m
Cold the wind on the moors blow
F#m E D C#m
Warm the enemy's fire glows
A Bm D F#m
Black the harvest of Culloden
D C#m D F#m
Pain and fear and death grow
[Verse 3]
D E D A
Now mothers and children are left to their weeping
F#m C#m D
With only the memory of father and son
E D A
Turned out of their homes to make shelter for strangers
F#m C#m D
The blackest of hours on this land has begun
[Chorus]
F#m E D C#m
Cold the wind on the moors blow
F#m E D C#m
Warm the enemy's fire glows
A Bm D F#m
Black the harvest of Culloden
D C#m D F#m
Pain and fear and death grow
[Outro]
F#m E F#m E D E D E (3x)