Song Of The Clyde chords by Kenneth Mckellar

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: EADGBE

Verse 1:
  G+G          C majorC    G+G
I sing of a river I'm happy beside.
         E MajorE     A augmentedA      D MajorD
The song that I sing is a song of the Clyde.
  G+G             C majorC     G+G
Of all Scottish rivers it's dearest to me.
         E minorEm       D MajorD     G+G
It flows from Leadhills all the way to the sea.
  A minorAm     D MajorD      G+G     E minorEm
It borders the orchards of Lanark so fair,
 A minorAm        B7B7      E minorEm      D MajorD
Meanders through meadows with sheep grazing there,
      G+G           C majorC
And from Glasgow to Greenock, in towns on each side,
   G+G       E minorEm      D MajorD     G+G
The hammers' ding-dong is the song of the Clyde.

Chorus:
   G+G          C majorC     G+G
Oh the river Clyde, the wonderful Clyde!
         E minorEm      D MajorD
The name of it thrills me and fills me with pride,
     G+G        C majorC     G+G
And I'm satisfied, whate'er may betide,
        E minorEm       D MajorD      G+G
The sweetest of song is the song of the Clyde.

Verse 2:
  G+G            C majorC    G+G
Imagine we've left Craigendoran behind,
         E MajorE      A augmentedA     D MajorD
And wind-happy yachts by Kilcreggan we find.
  G+G           C majorC     G+G
At Kirn and Dunoon and Innellan we stay,
          E minorEm     D MajorD       G+G
Then Scotland’s Madeira—that's Rothesay, they say—
  A minorAm    D MajorD      G+G      E minorEm
Or maybe by Fairlie and Largs we will go,
 A minorAm    B7B7      E minorEm       D MajorD
Or over to Millport that thrills people so,
    G+G         C majorC
Maybe journey to Arran it can't be denied,
    G+G      E minorEm      D MajorD     G+G
Those scenes all belong to the song of the Clyde.

Chorus:
   G+G          C majorC     G+G
Oh the river Clyde, the wonderful Clyde!
         E minorEm      D MajorD
The name of it thrills me and fills me with pride,
     G+G        C majorC     G+G
And I'm satisfied, whate'er may betide,
        E minorEm       D MajorD      G+G
The sweetest of song is the song of the Clyde.

Verse 3:
- Guitar stays at same rhythm, vocals speed up!

G+G
There's Paw an' Maw doon at the Broomielaw.
         C majorC           G+G
They're goin' doon the watter for The Fair.
                E MajorE
There's Bob an' Mary, on the Govan Ferry,
     A augmentedA            D MajorD
Wishin' jet propulsion could be there.
      G+G
There's steamers cruisin', and there's buddies snoozin',
        C majorC           G+G
And there's laddies fishin' frae the pier;
              E minorEm
An' Paw's perspirin', very near expirin',
   D MajorD             G+G
As he rows a boat frae there to here.
   A minorAm           D MajorD
With eyes a-flashin', it is voted smashin,
     G+G          E minorEm
To be walkin' daily on the prom:
  A minorAm            B7B7
And May and Evelyn are in seventh heaven
    E minorEm             D MajorD
As thy stroll along with Dick and Tom;
   G+G
And Dumbarton Rock to ev'ry Jean and Jock,
       C majorC
Extends a welcome that is high and wide:
G+G                    E minorEm
Seems to know that they are on their homeward way
       D MajorD     G+G
To hear the song of the Clyde.

Chorus:
   G+G          C majorC     G+G
Oh the river Clyde, the wonderful Clyde!
         E minorEm      D MajorD
The name of it thrills me and fills me with pride,
     G+G        C majorC     G+G
And I'm satisfied, whate'er may betide,
        E minorEm       D MajorD      G+G