Braw Braw Lads chords by The Corries

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: A

Capo 2  Key A

🎸 Intro:

(Fade in)
C  C/B  Am   C   G
G  G/F#  Em   G
G  Am   C   G

🎸 Chorus:
G
Braw, braw lads on Yarrow braes,
     C      D/F#    C        G
They rove amang the blooming heather;
    G
But Yarrow  braes nor Ettrick shaws
    G         D/F#    C     G
Can match the lads o' Galla Water.
G     D/F#  G
Braw, braw  lads.

🎸 Verse 1:
G         G/F#  Em     G
But there is    one, a secret one,
 C    C/B  Am   C       G
Aboon them a' I loe him better;
G        G/F#  Em                G
And I'll be    his, and he'll be mine,
G         Am     C     G
The bonie lad o' Galla Water.

🎸 Chorus:
G
Braw, braw lads on Yarrow braes,
     C      D/F#    C        G
They rove amang the blooming heather;
    G
But Yarrow  braes nor Ettrick shaws
    G         D/F#    C     G
Can match the lads o' Galla Water.
G     D/F#  G
Braw, braw  lads.

🎸 Verse 2:
G      G/F#  Em     G
Altho' his   daddie was nae laird,
    C    C/B  Am      C      G
And tho' I    had nae meikle tocher,
G         G/F#  Em              G
Yet, rich in    kindest, truest love,
G              Am        C     G
We'll tent our flocks by Galla Water.

🎸 Chorus:
G
Braw, braw lads on Yarrow braes,
     C      D/F#    C        G
They rove amang the blooming heather;
    G
But Yarrow  braes nor Ettrick shaws
    G         D/F#    C     G
Can match the lads o' Galla Water.
G     D/F#  G
Braw, braw  lads.

🎸 Instrumental:
G
C  D/F#  C  G
G
G  D/F#  C  G
G     D/F#  G

🎸 Verse 3:
G        G/F#  Em         G
It ne'er was   wealth, it ne'er was wealth,
     C    C/B Am       C          G
That coft contentment, peace, and pleasure:
G         G/F#  Em              G
The bands and   bliss o' mutual love,
G             D/F#     C       G
O, that's the chiefest warld's treasure!

🎸 Chorus:
G
Braw, braw lads on Yarrow braes,
     C      D/F#    C        G
They rove amang the blooming heather;
    G
But Yarrow  braes nor Ettrick shaws
    G         D/F#    C     G
Can match the lads o' Galla Water.
G     D/F#  G
Braw, braw  lads.

🎸 Outro:

G  G/F#  Em   G
C  C/B   Am   C   G
G  G/F#  Em   G
(Fade out)
G   Am   C