LOCH LOMOND - Traditional

VERSE 1:
     C          Am             F          G
By__ yon bonnie banks   and by yon bonnie braes
          C           Am              F  G 
where the sun shines bright   on Loch Lo-mond
      F          Am              F          G 
Where me and my true love  were ever wont to go
       C             F               G     C 
on the bonnie bonnie banks   of Loch Lo_____mond

Chorus
     C             Am              F             G
Oh, ye'll tak' the high road, and I'll tak' the low road
    C           Am        F     G
And I'll be in Scotland before ye
    F          Am             F          G
But me and my true love will never meet again
       C               F            G  C
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lo-mond.

VERSE 2
     C          Am             F          G
By yon bonnie banks, and by yon bonnie braes
          C           Am              F  G
Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lo-mond
      F          Am              F          G
There me and my true love spent many happy days
       C             F               G     C
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lo-mond.

Chorus
     C             Am              F             G
Oh, ye'll tak' the high road, and I'll tak' the low road
    C           Am        F     G
And I'll be in Scotland before ye
    F          Am             F          G
But me and my true love will never meet again
       C               F            G  C
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lo-mond.





VERSE 3
     C          Am             F          G
'Twas there that we parted in yon shady glen,
          C           Am              F  G
On the steep, steep side o' Ben Lomon',
      F          Am              F          G
Where in purple hue the Hieland hills we view,
       C             F               G     C
An' the moon comin' out in the gloamin'.

Chorus
     C             Am              F             G
Oh, ye'll tak' the high road, and I'll tak' the low road
    C           Am        F     G
And I'll be in Scotland before ye
    F          Am             F          G
But me and my true love will never meet again
       C               F            G  C
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lo-mond.

VERSE 4
     C          Am             F          G
The wee birdies sing and the wild flow'rs spring,
          C           Am              F  G
And in sunshine the waters are sleepin';
      F          Am              F          G
But the broken heart it kens nae second spring,
       C             F               G     C 
Tho' the waefu' may cease frae their greetin'

Chorus
     C             Am              F             G
Oh, ye'll tak' the high road, and I'll tak' the low road
    C           Am        F     G
And I'll be in Scotland before ye
    F          Am             F          G
But me and my true love will never meet again
       C               F            G  C
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lo-mond.