F#m                    A                   E
Ye jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear,
    F#m
Ye jacobites by name, lend an ear,
      A                                         E
Ye jacobites by name, your faults I must proclaim.
F#m                                                  E
Your doctrines I maun blaim, You will hear, you will hear
F#m
Your doctrines I maun blaim, You will hear.


[Verse 2]

F#m                               A               E
What is right and what is wrong, by the law, by the law,
F#m
What is right and what is wrong, by the law,
A                                         E
What is right and what is wrong, a short sword or a long,
F#m                                           E
A weak arm or a strong for the draw, for the draw,
F#m
A weak arm or a strong for the draw.


[Verse 3]

F#m                             A            E
What makes heroic strife, famed afar, famed afar,
F#m
What makes heroic strife, famed afar,
A                                         E
What makes heroic strife to whet the assassin's knife
F#m                                             E
Or hunt a parent's life with bloody war, bloody war,
F#m
Or hunt a parent's life with bloody war.


[Verse 4]
 
F#m                             A                 E
So let you schemes alone, in the state, in the state,
F#m
So let you schemes alone, in the state,
A                                        E
So let you schemes alone, adore the rising sun,
F#m                                         E
And leave a man undone, to is fate, to is fate,
F#m
And leave a man undone, to is fate.