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