Ye Jacobites by name
Em G D
Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an
ear,
Em D Em
ye Jacobites
by name, lend an ear !
G D
Ye Jacobites by name, your faults I will
proclaim,
Em D
your doctrines I maun blame, you will hear, you will hear !
Em D Em
Your doctrines I maun blame, you will hear !
+ repeat CHORUS
Em G D
1. What is Right, and what is Wrong, by the
law, by the law?
Em D
Em
What is Right, and what is Wrong, by the law?
G
D
What is Right, and what is Wrong, the weak arm and the strong,
Em
D
the short sword and the long, for to draw, for to draw,
Em D Em
the short sword and the long, for to draw?
+ CHORUS
Em G D
2. What makes heroic strife, famed afar, famed afar,
Em
D Em
what
makes heroic strife famed afar ?
G
D
What makes heroic strife ? To whet th' assassin's knife,
Em
D
or
hunt a Parent's life, wi bloody war, bloody war,
Em D Em
or
hunt a Parent's life, wi bloody war ?
+ CHORUS
Em
G D
3. So let your schemes alone, in the state, in the state,
Em D Em
let
your schemes alone, in the state.
G D
Let your schemes alone, adore
the rising sun,
Em
D
and
leave a man undone to his fate, to his fate,
Em D Em
and
leave a man undone to his fate.
Em G D
Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an
ear,
Em D Em
ye Jacobites
by name, lend an ear !
G D
Ye Jacobites by name, your faults I will
proclaim,
Em
D
your doctrines I maun blame, you will hear, you will hear !
Em D Em
Your doctrines I maun blame, you will hear !
+ repeat CHORUS
(orig. = capo 1st) (The
Corries)