Barbara Dickson - Parcel Of Rogues

      Barbara Dickson - Parcel Of Rogues


CAPO: 4th Fret




[INTRO:] C  G Am G F C F    Am  Em  Am  G

[VERSE 1:]
    Am              F        C
Fareweel tae a' oor Scottish fame 
    Dm               Am Em
Fareweel oor ancient glory 
    Am        F                C
Fareweel e'en tae oor Scottish name
    Dm                   Am Em
Sae famed in the martial story 


[VERSE 2:]
    Am                 C
Noo Sark runs o'er the Solway Sands 
    Am         Dm      Am F
And Tweed runs tae the ocean
    C    G     Am G      F  C     F
Tae mark where England's province stands
       C         Dm          F Am     Em    Am    G
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation


[VERSE 3:]
     Am                   F        C
What force or guile could ne'er subdue
        Dm           Am Em
Through many warlike ages__
   Am          F           C
Is wrought now by a coward few
    Dm                Am Em
For hireling traitors wages


[VERSE 4:]
    Am               C
The English steel we could disdain
  Am          Dm       Am F
Secure in our valour's station
    C  G    Am   G   F    C   F
But English gold has been oor bane
       C         Dm          F Am      Em    Am    G
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation


[VERSE 5:]
    Am             F        C
Oh, would or I had seen the day
     Dm                 Am   Em
That treason thus could fell us
   Am        F                C
My auld grey heid had lain in clay
    Dm              Am Em
Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace


[VERSE 6:]
    Am                   C
But pith and power, till my last hour
     Am        Dm   Am F
I'll mak' this declaration
       C      G   Am   G   F  C    F
We are bought and sold for English gold
       C         Dm          F Am     
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation


[OUTRO:] Em   Am   G   C G Am G F C F