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