Jock Obraidosly chords by Traditional

Chords with lyrics

A augmentedA breathtaking song. In my interpretation I follow The Corries (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v15wEsHg3gY),
though they play it in D#mD#m (capo in 6th fret, respectively); I prefer it with capo in 3rd fret.

The lyrics are taken from here: http://www.kinglaoghaire.com/lyrics/658-jock-o-braidislee
comments to the text there:
"The place names mentioned in this version of the ballad, Monymusk and Esslemont, suggest that it comes from
Aberdeenshire although the two locations are about 30 miles apart. There is a ruined castle at Esslemont,
presumably this is where the "silly auld man" went to fetch the foresters. Another similar version places the
story in Durisdeer in Dumfriesshire.

dool = grief, worry
scruggs = scrub, bushes"

A minorAm     A minorAm   A minorAm   A minorAm
Johnny got up on a May mornin'
      G+G    G+G    G+G   G+G
Called for water to wash his hands
     A minorAm  A minorAm    G+G    A minorAm
Says "Gie loose tae me my twa grey dugs
   A minorAm   G+G  C majorC    A minorAm
That lie in iron bands - bands
   A minorAm   G+G E minorEm A minorAm   A minorAm
That lie in iron bands"


A minorAm    A minorAm     A minorAm    A minorAm
Johnny's mother she heard o' this
  G+G     G+G    G+G   G+G
Her hands for dool she wrang
    A minorAm   A minorAm    G+G  A minorAm
Sayin' "Johnny for your venison
    A minorAm    G+G   C majorC   A minorAm
Tae the greenwood dinnae gang - gang
    A minorAm    G+G E minorEm A minorAm   A minorAm
Tae the greenwood dinnae gang"


  A minorAm     A minorAm    A minorAm    A minorAm
But Johnny has ta'en his guid bend bow
  G+G   G+G   G+G   G+G
His arrows one by one
  A minorAm  A minorAm     G+G     A minorAm
And he's awa' tae the greenwood gane
  A minorAm    G+G    C majorC   A minorAm
Tae ding the dun deer doon - doon
  A minorAm    G+G E minorEm  A minorAm   A minorAm
Tae ding the dun deer doon

  A minorAm   A minorAm      A minorAm    A minorAm
Noo Johnny shot and the dun deer leapt
    G+G      G+G   G+G   G+G
And he wounded her in the side
  A minorAm    A minorAm    G+G       A minorAm
And there between the water and the woods
  A minorAm     G+G    C majorC    A minorAm
The grey hounds laid her pride - her pride
  A minorAm     G+G  E minorEm A minorAm   A minorAm
The grey hounds laid her pride


   A minorAm   A minorAm     A minorAm  A minorAm
They ate so much o' the venison
   G+G    G+G      G+G   G+G
They drank so much o' the blood
   A minorAm   A minorAm   G+G    A minorAm
That Johnny and his twa grey dugs
   A minorAm    G+G      C majorC      A minorAm
Fell asleep as though were deid - were deid
   A minorAm    G+G   E minorEm  A minorAm   A minorAm
Fell asleep as though were deid


   A minorAm    A minorAm   A minorAm     A minorAm
Then by there cam' a silly auld man
  G+G     G+G   G+G   G+G
An ill death may he dee
  A minorAm   A minorAm   G+G   A minorAm
For he's awa' tae Esslemont
     A minorAm    G+G    C majorC     A minorAm
The seven foresters for tae see - tae see
  A minorAm    G+G  E minorEm A minorAm   A minorAm
The foresters for tae see


  A minorAm   A minorAm  A minorAm  A minorAm
As I cam' in by Monymusk
G+G    G+G   G+G    G+G
Doon among yon scruggs
   A minorAm   A minorAm    G+G    A minorAm
Well there I spied the bonniest youth
   A minorAm     G+G    C majorC     A minorAm
Lyin' sleepin' atween twa dugs - twa dugs
   A minorAm     G+G  E minorEm A minorAm   A minorAm
Lyin' sleepin' atween twa dugs


  A minorAm   A minorAm     A minorAm   A minorAm
The buttons that were upon his sleeve
   G+G   G+G    G+G   G+G
Were o' the gowd sae guid
    A minorAm    A minorAm       G+G   A minorAm
And the twa grey hounds that he lay between
   A minorAm     G+G    C majorC      A minorAm
Their mouths were dyed wi' blood - wi' blood
   A minorAm     G+G  E minorEm A minorAm   A minorAm
Their mouths were dyed wi' blood


   A minorAm   A minorAm    A minorAm     A minorAm
Then up and jumps the first forester
    G+G   G+G    G+G   G+G
He was captain o' them a'
     A minorAm    A minorAm   G+G    A minorAm
Sayin "If that be Jock o' Braidislee
A minorAm  G+G     C majorC      A minorAm
Unto him we'll draw - we'll draw
A minorAm  G+G  E minorEm  A minorAm   A minorAm
Unto him we'll draw"


  A minorAm     A minorAm    A minorAm    A minorAm
The first shot that the foresters fired
  G+G     G+G   G+G   G+G
It hit Johnny on the knee
    A minorAm   A minorAm      G+G     A minorAm
And the second shot that the foresters fired
  A minorAm      G+G     C majorC     A minorAm
His heart's blood blint his e'e - his e'e
  A minorAm      G+G   E minorEm A minorAm   A minorAm
His heart's blood blint his e'e


   A minorAm    A minorAm     A minorAm     A minorAm
Then up jumps Johnny fae oot o' his sleep
    G+G   G+G    G+G   G+G
And an angry man was he
     A minorAm     A minorAm    G+G   A minorAm
Sayin "Ye micht have woken me fae my sleep
    A minorAm      G+G    C majorC    A minorAm
Ere my heart's blood blint my e'e - my e'e
    A minorAm      G+G   E minorEm A minorAm   A minorAm
Ere my heart's blood blint my e'e"


     A minorAm     A minorAm   A minorAm   A minorAm
But he's rested his back against an oak
  G+G   G+G   G+G   G+G
His fit upon a stane
  A minorAm   A minorAm      G+G    A minorAm
And he has fired at the seven o' them
   A minorAm     G+G   C majorC     A minorAm
He's killed them a' but ane - but ane
   A minorAm     G+G E minorEm A minorAm   A minorAm
He's killed them a' but ane


   A minorAm   A minorAm      A minorAm  A minorAm
He's broken four o' that one's ribs
  G+G      G+G   G+G   G+G
His airm and his collar bane
  A minorAm   A minorAm    G+G   A minorAm
And he has set him upon his horse
    A minorAm   G+G    C majorC   A minorAm
Wi' the tidings sent him hame - hame
    A minorAm   G+G  E minorEm A minorAm   A minorAm
Wi' the tidings sent him hame


  A minorAm    A minorAm    A minorAm   A minorAm
But Johnny's guid bend bow is broke
  G+G    G+G    G+G   G+G
His twa grey dugs are slain
    A minorAm  A minorAm   G+G  A minorAm
And his body lies in Monymusk
  A minorAm   G+G    C majorC     A minorAm
His huntin' days are dane - are dane
  A minorAm   G+G  E minorEm A minorAm   A minorAm