Tramps And Hawkers chords by The Dubliners

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice

https://youtu.be/mvPOTucka4w


Verse 1:
    G+G        A minorAm   C majorC    G+G   A minorAm    G+G
O come a´ ye tramps and hawker-lads an´ gaitherers o´ bla´
   G+G         E minorEm    G+G         A minorAm   E minorEm
That tramp the country roun´ and roun´, come listen one and a´
   G+G       E minorEm   G+G    E minorEm     A minorAm   E minorEm
I´ll tell tae ye a rovin´ tale, o´ sights that I hae seen
  G+G      A minorAm  C majorC     G+G    C majorC   G+G
Far up into the snowy north, or sooth by Gretna Green.

Verse 2:
    G+G        A minorAm C majorC  G+G    A minorAm   G+G
I´ve seen the high Ben Nevis a-towerin´ tae the moon
   G+G            E minorEm   G+G       A minorAm  E minorEm
I´ve been roun´ by Crieff an´ Callander an roun´ by Bonny Doon
   G+G        E minorEm   G+G    E minorEm   A minorAm    E minorEm
I´ve seen Loch Ness's silvery tide an´ places I'll tae ken
  G+G      A minorAm   C majorC     G+G     C majorC   G+G
Far up into the stormy north lies Urquart´s fairy glen


Verse 3:
  G+G       A minorAm   C majorC    G+G   A minorAm    G+G
Ofttimes I laugh tae mysel´ as I wander alang the road
  G+G        E minorEm    G+G        A minorAm    E minorEm
My toerags round my blistered feet, my face as broun´s a toad
  G+G         E minorEm   G+G     E minorEm    A minorAm   E minorEm
Wi´ lumps o´cheese and tattie-scones or breid an´ braxie ham
  G+G         A minorAm   C majorC    G+G    C majorC    G+G
Nae thinking whar´ I´m comin´ frae nor thinkin´ whar I´m gang.


Verse 4:
   G+G        A minorAm   C majorC    G+G    A minorAm   G+G
I've done my share of humpin' wi' the dockers on the Clyde
   G+G         E minorEm    G+G        A minorAm    E minorEm
I've helped the Buckie trawlers hawl the herrin' o'er the side
   G+G          E minorEm   G+G      E minorEm    A minorAm    E minorEm
I've helped to build the mighty bridge that spans the Firth o' Forth
    G+G     A minorAm    C majorC    G+G     C majorC   G+G
And wi' mony Angus farmer's rig I've plowed the bonny earth

Verse 5:
    G+G     A minorAm   C majorC   G+G     A minorAm    G+G
I´m happy in the summer-time beneath the dark blue sky
  G+G        E minorEm   G+G         A minorAm   E minorEm
Nae thinkin´ in the mornin´ where at nicht i´m gang to lie
  G+G        E minorEm G+G      E minorEm  A minorAm   E minorEm
In barn or byre or anywhere dossing out among the hay
  G+G       A minorAm    C majorC      G+G   C majorC   G+G
And if the weather treats me right, I´m happy every day.


Verse 6:
   G+G      A minorAm   C majorC       G+G    A minorAm   G+G
Loch Katrine and Loch Lomond, they´ve oft been seen by me
   G+G        E minorEm G+G         A minorAm   E minorEm
The Dee, the Don, the Devron, that a´ flows tae the sea
  G+G      E minorEm   G+G   E minorEm   A minorAm   E minorEm
Dunrobin Castle, by the way, I nearly had forgot
    G+G        A minorAm     C majorC     G+G    C majorC    G+G
And the reckless stanes o´cairn that mairks the hoose o´ John o´ Groat.


Verse 7:
   G+G       A minorAm  C majorC    G+G   A minorAm     G+G
I´ve been by bonny Gallowa´, an´ often roun´ Stranraer
  G+G         E minorEm G+G       A minorAm    E minorEm
My business leads me anywhere, I travel near an´ far
   G+G        E minorEm G+G   E minorEm   A minorAm    E minorEm
I´ve got that rovin´ notion I wouldna like tae loss
  G+G       A minorAm     C majorC  G+G   C majorC   G+G
For It´s my daily fare an´ as much I will pay my doss.


Verse 8:
 G+G          A minorAm   C majorC     G+G   A minorAm  G+G
I think I´ll gang tae Paddy´s Lan´, I´m makin´ up my mind
   G+G         E minorEm   G+G      A minorAm    E minorEm
For Scotland´s greatly altered noo, I canna raise the wind
  G+G        E minorEm  G+G     E minorEm  A minorAm    E minorEm
But I will trust in Providence, and Providence be true
   G+G         A minorAm   C majorC     G+G   C majorC    G+G
I´ll sing ye´a song o´ Erin´s Isle when I come back to you.