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