Tramps And Hawkers chords by The Dubliners

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Novice

https://youtu.be/mvPOTucka4w


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

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


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


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


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


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


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


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