The Wild Geese Norland Wind chords by Traditional

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Not usually played with the capo, but I find it best on the 1st or 2nd

Intro:
C


Verse 1:
G                                C              Dm
Tell me what was on yer road, ye roarin Norland wind?
G                 Em                    C              Dm
As ye come blawin frae the land that's never frae ma mind
G                         Em                C             Dm
Ma feet, they've travelled England, but I'm deein for the north
C                                                    G
"Ma man, I saw the siller tides run up the Firth o' Forth"

Verse 2:
G                  Em             C                 Dm
Wind, I ken them weel eneuch, and fine they fa' and rise
G                        Em             C                 Dm
And frae the fields the creepin mist on yonder shore that lies
G                    Em                C              Dm
But tell me as ye passed them by, what saw ye on your way?
C                                                   G
"Ma man, I rouch the rovin gulls that sail abin the Tay"


Verse 3:
G                    Em          C                  Dm
But saw ye nothing, leeing wind, afore you cam tae Fife?
G                       Em                  C                 Dm
For there's muckle lyin yond the Tay that's mair tae me than life
G                     Em             C                 Dm
"Aye man, I swept the Angus braes ye havnae trod for years"
G                     Em              C                Dm
Oh wind, whur gae a hameless loon that canna see for tears?


Verse 4:
G                   Em             C                   Dm
"And far above the Angus straths I saw the wild geese flee
G                   Em                       C                 Dm
A lang, lang skean o' beatin' wings wi their heids towards the sea
G                    Em             C                Dm
And aye their cryin voices trailed ahint them on the air"
G                     Em                    C              Dm
Oh wind, hae mercy, haud your wheesht, for I daurna listen mair.