Key: E
Introduction:
Em G D
Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear, give an ear
Em G Em
Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear
G D
Ye Jacobites by name, your faults I will proclaim
Em G Em D
Your doctrines I will blame, you shall hear, you shall hear
Em D Em
Your doctrines I will blame, you shall hear
Em G D
What's right and what is wrong, by the law, by the law
Em G Em
What's right and what is wrong, by the law
G D
What's right and what is wrong a short sword and a long
Em G Em D
A weak arm and a strong for to draw, for to draw
Em D Em
A weak arm and a strong for to draw
Em G D
What makes heroic strife famed afar, famed afar
Em G Em
What makes heroic strife famed afar
G D
What makes heroic strife to whet the assassin's knife
Em G Em D
Or hunt a parent's life wi' bloody war, bloody war
Em D Em
Or hunt a parent's life wi' bloody war
Em G D
Then leave your schemes alone, in the state, in the state
Em G Em
Then leave your schemes alone, in the state
G D
Then leave your schemes alone, adore the rising sun
Em G Em D
And leave a man alone to his fate, to his fate
Em D Em
And leave a man alone to his fate
Em G D
Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear, give an ear
Em G Em
Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear
G D
Ye Jacobites by name, your faults I will proclaim
Em G Em D
Your doctrines I will blame, you shall hear, you shall hear
Em D Em
Your doctrines I will blame, you shall hear