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The Greylag Geese The Wild Geese by Jim Reid
The Greylag Geese The Wild Geese
Key:G
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
G F#m G Bm
The summertime is bonny, an' maist fowk say they like it best o' a'.
G F#m G D
But o' there's ae thing missin', the graylag geese have a' flown far awa'.
G F#m G Bm
When autumn comes aince mair, the wind blaws cauld an' nichts are growin' black
G F#m G D
There's ae thing sent tae cheer me, the soond that says again the greylag's back.
G F#m G Bm
When winter clouds blaw ower and fowk wi' heids doon collars turned up high
G F#m G D
My een they aye stray upward, lookin' for yon lang skein in the sky.
G F#m G Bm
And then when days grow langer the springtime urge is tae be movin on
G F#m G D
But roots can haud ye stranger an' then ye realize the geese are gone.
G F#m G Bm
I envy a' thae wild geese that can jist fly tae countries ower the sea
G F#m G D
Tae Norway, Iceland, Greenland they ken the way o' livin' wild and free
[Verse 1]
G Em C D
Tell me fit was on yer road, ye roarin Norland wind?
G Em C D
As ye come blawin frae the land that's never frae ma mind
G Em C D
Ma feet they traivel England, but I'm deein for the North
C G C G
Ma man, I saw the siller tides run up the Firth o' Forth
[Verse 2]
G Em C D
And wind, I ken them weel eneuch an fine they fa and rise
G Em C D
Fain I'd feel the creepin mist on yonder shore that lies
G Em C D
But tell me as ye pass them by, fit saw ye on the way?
C G C G
Ma man, I rocked the rovin gulls that sail abin the Tay
[Verse 3]
G Em C D
Bit saw ye naethin leein wind afore ye come tae Fife?
G Em C D
For there's muckle lyin 'yont the Tay that's mair tae me nor life
G Em C D
Ma man, I swept the Angus braes that ye hivna trod for years
C G C G
Oh wind, forgie a hameless loon that canna see for tears
[Verse 4]
Em C D
And far abin the Angus straths I saw the wild geese flee
G Em C D
A lang, lang skein o beatin wings wi their heids toward the sea
G Em C D
And aye their cryin voices trailed ahint them on the air
C G C G
Oh wind, hae mercy, haud your wheesht for I daurna listen mair
[Instrumental]
G Em C D
G Em C D
G Em C D
C G C G
[Verse 5]
Em C D
And far abin the Angus straths I saw the wild geese flee
G Em C D
A lang, lang skein o beatin wings wi their heids toward the sea
G Em C D
And aye their cryin voices trailed ahint them on the air
C G C G
Oh wind, hae mercy, haud your wheesht for I daurna listen mair
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