Dark Lochnagar chords by The Corries

C
Away, ye gay landscapes, ye gardens o' roses.
 F      C         G
In you let the minions of luxury rove.
   C
Restore me the rocks where snowflake reposes
   F        C    G     C
If still they are sacred to freedom and love
 C       F      C
Brave Caledonia, dear are thy mountains,
                    G
Round their white summits though elements war.
   C
Tho' cataracts roar 'stead of smooth flowing fountains,
  C            G    C
I sigh for the valleys o' dark Lochnagarr.

 C
Ah, there my young footsteps in infancy wandered.
 F      C            G
My cap was my bonnet, my cloak was my plaid.
   C
On chieftains long perished my memory lingered
   F        C     G      C
As daily I strayed through the pine covered glade.
  C              F      C
I sought not my home till the days dying glory.
                      G
Gave place to the rays o' the bright polar star
   C
My fancy was cheered by the bold martial story
   C            G    C
As told by the sons o' Dark Lochnagar.


 C
Years have rolled on, Lochnagar, since I left you
 F         C          G
Years must roll on ere I see you again
   C
Though Nature of verdure and flowers bereft you
   F         C     G      C
Yet still art thou dearer than Albion's plain
  C              F      C
 England! thy beauties are tame and domestic
                G
 To one who has roved on the mountains afar
   C
Oh for the crags that are wild and majestic
   C             G    C
The steep frowning glories o' wild Lochnagar.



 C
Ill starred now the brave did no vision foreboding.
 F         C          G
Tell you that fate had forsaken our cause
   C
Yet were you destined to die at Culloden?
  F         C      G      C
Though victory crowned not your fall with applause.
  C              F      C
Yet were you happy in death's earthly slumber
                      G
Tae sleep wi' your clan in the caves of Braemar
   C
The pibroch resounds tae the piper's loud numbers
   C            G    C
Your deeds on the echoes o' dark Lochnagar.


PLAYED SLOWLY
 C        F       C
Brave Caledonia dear are thy mountains
         C     G    C
I sigh for the valley o' dark Lochnagar



Repeat fading

  C              G    C
The steep sounding glories of dark Lochnagar
  C              G    C
The steep sounding glories of dark Lochnagar
  C              G    C
The steep sounding glories of dark Lochnagar