Rory Murphy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Saw ye Rory Murphy,
Rory Murphy, Rory Murphy
Saw ye Rory Murphy comin'
frae Dumbarton

[Verse 2]
Saw ye Rory Murphy,
[C]Rory Murphy, [D]Rory Murphy
[G]Saw ye Rory Murphy [C]comin'
[D]frae Dum[C]barton
[G]Now Rory

[Verse 3]
was [Bm]a piper [G]bold
[C]Hieland blood wi' [Am]in him [D]flowed
And [G]lowland [Bm]bodies' hearts aye [G]glowed
To the tunes of [F]Rory [C]Murphy
[G]He [Em]filled the warriors[Am]' breasts wi' fire
He [C]cheered the heart o' [G]sage and [D]sire
And [G]made the [Em]listening [Am]groups admire
As [G]he [D]gae'dthrough Dum[C]bar[G]ton

[Verse 4]
Saw ye Rory [C]Murphy,
Rory Murphy, [D]Rory Murphy
[G]Saw ye Rory Murphy [C]comin'
[D]frae Dum[C]barton
[G]He [F]had

[Verse 5]
[C]a b[G]eard o'lammer gloss
His [C]cheeks were fresher than the [D]rose
His [G]sparkling eyes as [Bm]black
's a [G]sloe's
And a nose as [C]red's a partan
[G]Rory stood six foo[Am]t or more
[C]The brawest man on Scotland's
[D]shore
[G]And all the lassies d[Am]id adore
The [G]piper [D]o'D[C]umb[G]arton

[Verse 6]
Saw ye Rory Murphy,
[C]Rory Murphy, [D]Rory Murphy
[G]Saw ye Rory Murphy [C]comin'
[D]frae Dum[C]bar[G]ton[F][C]
[G]He oft times played the

[Verse 7]
[Bm]
[C]night awa'
And never was he [Am]tired at [D]aw
[G]Piping note for [Bm]one and [G]a'
And a tune for [F]every [C]tartan
[G]When Rory dra[Em]nk an ex [Am]tra gill
He [C]made his chanter sound say [D]shrill
You'd [G]hear him [Em]on Be[Am]nlomond Hill
As [G]clear as [D]in Dum[C]barton
[G]Saw ye Rory Murphy, Ror[C]y

[Verse 8]
Murphy, [D]Rory Murphy
[G]Saw ye Rory Murphy [C]comin'
[D]frae Dum[C]bar[G]ton[F][C]

[Verse 9]
[G]'Twas whisky that did [Bm]him betray
While [C]tottering home more [Am]drunk each [D]day
He [G]fell headlong all [Bm]doon the [G]brae
That killed him [F]dead for [C]certain
[G]No more we'll hea[Em]r his wit[Am]chy tones
No [C]more he'll blow his
[G]Hieland [D]drones
[G]His bones lie [Em]cold [Am]beneath the stones
In the [G]kirkyard [D]o'D[C]umb[G]arton

[Verse 10]
Saw ye Rory Murphy,
[C]Rory Murphy, Rory [G]Murphy
Saw ye Rory Murphy comin'
[G]frae Dumbarton

[Verse 11]
Saw [G]ye Rory Murphy,
[C]Rory Murphy, [D]Rory Murphy
[G]Saw ye Rory Murphy
[C]comin' [D]frae Dum[C]barton
[G]Saw ye Rory Murphy,
[C]Rory Murphy, [D]Rory Murphy
[G]Saw ye Rory Murphy,
the [C]piper o'Dumbarton[D][C][G][F][C]