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