G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)                   FJohn (133211@1)Gaudie was a fine young man in shetland it was told
G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)                          D (xx0232@1)  
Many's the crowd in Lerwick Town his fiddle and he did hold
        G (320003@1)                      C (x32010@1)       GThey've (320003@1)danced it up and they've danced it down 
                           F (133211@1)as he fiddled his tunes around
   G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)                        DOf (xx0232@1)all the played in Shetland Isles no better could be found.

Chorus...
     C (x32010@1)            GWhen (320003@1)John broke the prison door 
                              DThe (xx0232@1)jailer had never seen his like before
C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)                              DHe (xx0232@1)ran back to the Levenwick shore and wrote himself a tune...