Charlie Is My Darling chords by Robert Burns

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Am

Difficulty: Novice

Charlie is my darling


Chorus:
Am
Oh! Charlie is my darling,
Dm                Am
My darling, my darling,
Am
Oh! Charlie is my darling,
F           E         Am
The young Chevalier.

Verse:
E                    Am
Twas on a Monday morning,
E                     Am
Right early in the year,
F                               C
When Charlie came to our town,
F            E         Am
The young Chevalier.

Chorus:
Am
Oh! Charlie is my darling,
Dm                Am
My darling, my darling,
Am
Oh! Charlie is my darling,
F           E         Am
The young Chevalier.


Verse:
E                    Am
As he cam' marching up the street,
E                    Am
The pipes played loud and clear,
F                               C
And a' the folks cam' rinnin' out,
F            E         Am
To meet the Chevalier.

Chorus:
Am
Oh! Charlie is my darling,
Dm                Am
My darling, my darling,
Am
Oh! Charlie is my darling,
F           E         Am
The young Chevalier.


Verse:
E                    Am
Wi' Highland bonnets on their heads,
E                    Am
And claymores bright and clear,
F                               C
They cam' to fight for Scotland's right,
F            E         Am
And the young Chevalier.

Chorus:
Am
Oh! Charlie is my darling,
Dm                Am
My darling, my darling,
Am
Oh! Charlie is my darling,
F           E         Am
The young Chevalier.


Verse:
E                    Am
They've left their bonnie Hieland hills,
E                    Am
Their wives and bairnies dear,
F                               C
To draw the sword for Scotland's lord,
F         E        Am
The gay Chevalier.

Chorus:
Am
Oh! Charlie is my darling,
Dm                Am
My darling, my darling,
Am
Oh! Charlie is my darling,
F           E         Am
The young Chevalier.


Verse:
E                    Am
Oh, there were mony beating hearts,
E                    Am
And mony hope and fear;
F                               C
And mony were the pray'rs put up
F            E         Am
For the young Chevalier.

Chorus:
Am
Oh! Charlie is my darling,
Dm                Am
My darling, my darling,
Am
Oh! Charlie is my darling,
F           E         Am
The young Chevalier.