Song Of The Clyde chords by Kenneth Mckellar

Tuning: EADGBE

Verse 1:
   G                   C       G
I sing of a river I'm happy beside.
                 E         A            D
The song that I sing is a song of the Clyde.
    G                         C         G
Of all Scottish rivers it's dearest to me.
                  Em              D         G
It flows from Leadhills all the way to the sea.
    Am         D            G         Em
It borders the orchards of Lanark so fair,
  Am               B7           Em            D
Meanders through meadows with sheep grazing there,
            G                      C
And from Glasgow to Greenock, in towns on each side,
     G             Em           D          G
The hammers' ding-dong is the song of the Clyde.

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

Verse 2:
   G                       C       G
Imagine we've left Craigendoran behind,
                 E            A         D
And wind-happy yachts by Kilcreggan we find.
    G                     C         G
At Kirn and Dunoon and Innellan we stay,
                    Em          D             G
Then Scotland’s Madeira—that's Rothesay, they say—
    Am       D            G           Em
Or maybe by Fairlie and Largs we will go,
  Am        B7            Em             D
Or over to Millport that thrills people so,
        G                  C
Maybe journey to Arran it can't be denied,
        G           Em           D          G
Those scenes all belong to the song of the Clyde.

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

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

G
There's Paw an' Maw doon at the Broomielaw.
                 C                      G
They're goin' doon the watter for The Fair.
                               E
There's Bob an' Mary, on the Govan Ferry,
         A                       D
Wishin' jet propulsion could be there.
           G
There's steamers cruisin', and there's buddies snoozin',
               C                      G
And there's laddies fishin' frae the pier;
                            Em
An' Paw's perspirin', very near expirin',
     D                          G
As he rows a boat frae there to here.
      Am                     D
With eyes a-flashin', it is voted smashin,
         G                   Em
To be walkin' daily on the prom:
    Am                       B7
And May and Evelyn are in seventh heaven
        Em                          D
As thy stroll along with Dick and Tom;
      G
And Dumbarton Rock to ev'ry Jean and Jock,
             C
Extends a welcome that is high and wide:
G                                       Em
Seems to know that they are on their homeward way
              D          G
To hear the song of the Clyde.

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