McPherson's Lament chords by The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Farewell,  (A major)  (D major) 
Ye
Dungeons
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Farewell,  (G major) dark and strong  (A major) 
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Farewell,  (D major) farewell to ye.  (B minor) 
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 (D major) Macpherson's life will  (G major) no be long,  (A major) 
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On yonder  (D major) gallows  (G major) tree.  (A major) 
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Say rant (D major) antly, say wantantly,  (A major) 
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And say  (D major) dauntingly, gay thee.  (B minor) 
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He played  (D major) a tune, and he  (A major) danced around
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Below  (D major) the  (G major) gallows tree.
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 (A major) There  (D major) some come here
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far to  (G major) see me hun (A major) g
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And some to  (D major) buy my fiddle  (B minor) 
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But be (D major) fore that I do part  (G major) with her  (A major) 
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I'll  (D major) break her through  (G major) the mill  (A major) 
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He took  (D major) his fiddle in both  (A major) of his hands,
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And he  (D major) broke it o 'er a stone.  (B minor) 
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Sin  (D major) there's no other hand
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shall play  (A major) on thee,
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When  (D major) I  am  (G major) dead and  (A major) gone.
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Say rant (D major) antly, say fontanely,  (A major) 
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And say  (D major) dauntingly gay thee,  (B minor) 
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He played  (D major) a tune, and he danced around  (A major) 
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Below  (D major) the  (G major) gallows tree.
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 (A major) The re (D major) prieve was coming,
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o 'er the  (A major) brig of
Banff
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They  (D major) set
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Macpherson free  (B minor) 
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But they put  (D major) the clock a  (G major) quarter before
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 (A major) And they  (D major) hanged him
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 (G major) from a  (A major) tree  (D major)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (B minor) He  played  (D major) a tune,
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and he  (A major) danced around
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Below  (D major) the  (G major) gallows tree.  (A major) 