• Song:

    By Yon Bonnie Banks

  • Artist:

    John Mcdermott

  • Album:

    Danny Boy

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By Yon Bonnie Banks (O Loch Lomond) chords
John McDermott (traditional Scottish song, poet Andrew Lang 1876, from song of 1746)

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E (022100@1)                     A (x02220@1)        F#mBy (244222@1)yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes,
          E (022100@1)        A (x02220@1)            F#m (244222@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lo  mon'
      A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)            F#m (244222@1)       AWhere (x02220@1)me and my true love will never meet again
       E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)           F#m (244222@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lo  mon'

E (022100@1)                          A (x02220@1)           EOh, (022100@1)ye'll tak' the high road and I'll tak' the low,
               A (x02220@1)       F#m (244222@1)EAnd (022100@1)I'll be in Scotland afore ye;
    A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)            F#m (244222@1)       AFor (x02220@1)me and my true love will never meet again
       E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)           F#m (244222@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lo  mon'

E (022100@1)                     A (x02220@1)       E'Twas (022100@1)there that we parted in yon shady glen,
                    A (x02220@1)          F#m (244222@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
On the steep, steep sides o' Ben Lo  mon'
      A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)     F#m (244222@1)            AWhere (x02220@1)in a purple hue the Heilan' hills we view,
       E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)        F#m (244222@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
An the moon comin' out in the gloamin'.

E (022100@1)                          A (x02220@1)           EOh, (022100@1)ye'll tak' the high road and I'll tak' the low,
               A (x02220@1)       F#m (244222@1)EAnd (022100@1)I'll be in Scotland afore ye;
    A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)            F#m (244222@1)       AFor (x02220@1)me and my true love will never meet again
       E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)           F#m (244222@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lo  mon'

G (320003@1)                      C (x32010@1)          EmThe (022000@1)wee birdies sing and the wild flowers spring
       G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)        Em (022000@1)GAnd (320003@1)in sunshine the waters are sleepin'
        C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)      Em (022000@1)           CBut (x32010@1)the broken heart it kens nae second spring again
         G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1) GTho' (320003@1)the waefu' may cease frae their greetin'.

G (320003@1)                          C (x32010@1)           GOh, (320003@1)ye'll tak' the high road and I'll tak' the low road,
               C (x32010@1)       Em (022000@1) GAnd (320003@1)I'll be in Scotland afore ye;
    C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)            Em (022000@1)        CBut (x32010@1)me and my true love will never meet again.
       G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomon'

* Alternate:

Capo II

E (022100@1) = D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A   = GF#m (320003@1)= Em
G (320003@1) = F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C   = Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D   = CEm (x32010@1) = Dm

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