Intro: Bb - Eb - F - Bb
[Verse 1]
Bb
Let Italy boast of her gay gilded waters,
EbBbF
Her vines and her bowers and her soft sunny skies.
Bb
Her sons drinking love, from the eyes of her daughters,
EbBbFBbAG
Where freedom expires amid softness and sighs.
[Chorus]
FBbF
Scotland's blue mountains wild, where hoary cliffs are piled,
BbAmGmF
Towering in grandeur are dearer tae me.
Bb
Land of the misty cloud, land of the tempest loud,
EbBbFBbEbBbFBb
Land of the brave and proud, land of the free.
[Verse 2]
Bb
Enthroned on the peak of her own highland mountains,
BbAmGmF
The spirit of Scotia reigns fearless and free.
Bb
Her green tartan waving o'er blue rock and fountain,
EbBbFBbAG
And proudly she sings, looking over the sea.
[Chorus 2]
FBbF
Here among my mountains wild, I have serenely smiled,
BbAmGmF
When armies and empires against me were hurled.
Bb
Firm as my native rock I have withstood the shock,
EbBbFBbBbC
Of England, of Denmark, of Rome and the world.
[Verse 3]
C
But see how proudly her war steeds are prancing,
FCG
Deep groves of steel trodden down in their path.
C
The eyes of my sons like their bright swords are glancing,
FCGCBA
Triumphantly riding through ruin and death.
[Chorus 3]
GCG
Bold hearts and nodding plumes wave o'er their bloody tombs,
CBmAmG
Deepeyed in gore is the green tartan's wave.
C
Shivering are the ranks of steel, dire is the horseman's wheel,
FCGC
Victorious in battlefield Scotland the brave.
GCG
Bold hearts and nodding plumes wave o'er their bloody tombs,
CBmAmG
Deepeyed in gore is the green tartan's wave.
C
Shivering are the ranks of steel, dire is the horseman's wheel,
FCGC
Victorious in battlefield Scotland the brave.
FCGC
Victorious in battlefield Scotland the brave.