Mormond Braes chords by The Corries

Intro:

G               C       G
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
                          C    D
Where oft times I've been cheery
G               Em
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
         C               D  G
For it’s there I lost my dearie

Verse 1:
G                 C        G
As I gaed down by Strichen town
                    C  D
I heard a fair maid crying
G              Em
She was making sair complaint
        C                 D  G
For her true love ne'er returning

G                   C       G
Mormond Braes where heather grows
                          C   D
Where oft times I've been cheery
G                        Em
It's Mormond Braes where heather grows
         C               D  G   C G D G
For it’s there I lost my dearie

Chorus:
G               C       G
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
                          C    D
Where oft times I've been cheery
G               Em
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
         C               D  G
For it’s there I lost my dearie

Verse 2:
G                       C      G
There’s aye good fish into the sea
                   C D
As ever yet’s been taken
     G                Em
I'll cast my line and try again
        C            D G
For I'm only once forsaken

Chorus:
G               C       G
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
                          C    D
Where oft times I've been cheery
G               Em
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
         C               D  G   G C G D G
For it’s there I lost my dearie

Verse 3:
G                        C            G
There’s many a horse has snappert and fa'n
                      C  D
And risen again richt early
        G                   Em
There’s many's the lass has lost her lad
    C                    D  G
And gotten another right early

Chorus:
G               C       G
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
                          C    D
Where oft times I've been cheery
G               Em
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
         C               D  G   G C G D G
For it’s there I lost my dearie

Verse 4:
G                   C       G
Well I'll put on my dress o'green
                    C D
That auld forsaken token
    G                  Em
And that's tae let the young lads ken
         C                 D  G
That the bonds o' love are broken

Chorus:
G               C       G
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
                          C    D
Where oft times I've been cheery
G               Em
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
         C               D  G   G C G D G
For it’s there I lost my dearie

Verse 5:
G                    C        G
Well I'll go back to Strichen town
                     C    D
Where I was bred and born in
    G               Em
And there I'll get another lad
   C               D   G
To marry me in the morning

Chorus:
G               C       G
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
                          C    D
Where oft times I've been cheery
G               Em
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
         C               D  G
For it’s there I lost my dearie