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