Corries – Dark Lochnagar chords
Chords:
C Away, ye gay landscapes, ye gardens o' roses.F C G In you let the minions of luxury rove.C Restore me the rocks where snowflake reposesF C G C If still they are sacred to freedom and loveC F C Brave Caledonia, dear are thy mountains,G Round their white summits though elements war.C ThoÂ’ cataracts roar 'stead of smooth flowing fountains,C G C I sigh for the valleys o' dark Lochnagarr.C Ah, there my young footsteps in infancy wandered.F C G My cap was my bonnet, my cloak was my plaid.C On chieftains long perished my memory lingeredF C G C As daily I strayed through the pine covered glade.C F C I sought not my home till the days dying glory.G Gave place to the rays o' the bright polar starC My fancy was cheered by the bold martial storyC G C As told by the sons o' Dark Lochnagar.C Years have rolled on, Lochnagar, since I left youF C G Years must roll on ere I see you againC Though Nature of verdure and flowers bereft youF C G C Yet still art thou dearer than Albion's plainC F C England! thy beauties are tame and domesticG To one who has roved on the mountains afarC Oh for the crags that are wild and majesticC G C The steep frowning glories o' wild Lochnagar.C Ill starred now the brave did no vision foreboding.F C G Tell you that fate had forsaken our causeC Yet were you destined to die at Culloden?F C G C Though victory crowned not your fall with applause.C F C Yet were you happy in death's earthly slumberG Tae sleep wiÂ’ your clan in the caves of BraemarC The pibroch resounds tae the piper's loud numbersC G C Your deeds on the echoes oÂ’ dark Lochnagar.PLAYED SLOWLYC F C Brave Caledonia dear are thy mountainsC G C I sigh for the valley o' dark LochnagarRepeat fadingC G C The steep sounding glories of dark LochnagarC G C The steep sounding glories of dark LochnagarC G C The steep sounding glories of dark Lochnagar