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