Alba chords by Skipinnish

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: A augmentedA

Difficulty: Novice

Skipinnish - Alba  ALBUM VERSION

CAPO 1  KEY A augmentedA    BPM 136  You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QedUJakJLk8

  Intro:
B minorBm A augmentedA B minorBm A augmentedA
B minorBm A augmentedA B minorBm A augmentedA


  Verse 1:
B minorBm      A augmentedA
Air sgiath a' seoladh nan neoil
B minorBm      A augmentedA
'S an domhain liath
B minorBm           A augmentedA
Mar dhealbh a' tighinn beo tro na sgothan
     B minorBm     A augmentedA
'S mi a' tilleadh gu tir
B minorBm    A augmentedA
Alba nam beanntan ard
B minorBm       A augmentedA
Nan acraichean lom
B minorBm       A augmentedA
Thairis air na lochan mointich
  B minorBm        A augmentedA
Nan coilltean 's nan gleann

  Chorus:
F# minorF#m  D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE  F# minorF#m  D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
A.....l..ba   A.....l..ba


  Verse 2:
B minorBm        A augmentedA
Ach 'se sealladh leointe is gann
B minorBm             A augmentedA
Tha an seo aig ceann thall an linn
B minorBm      A augmentedA
Talamh alainn nan daoine
    B minorBm         A augmentedA
Fhathast an lamhan duine no dithis
B minorBm        A augmentedA
Cuibhlean stolda mu dheas
B minorBm      A augmentedA
Na fasaichean a tuath
B minorBm           A augmentedA
An taigh-mor falamh an Dun-Eideann
  B minorBm      A augmentedA
Gun chumhachd gun ghuth

  Chorus:
F# minorF#m  D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE  F# minorF#m  D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
A.....l..ba   A.....l..ba
F# minorF#m  D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE  F# minorF#m  D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
A.....l..ba   A.....l..ba


  Verse 3:
B minorBm         A augmentedA
Sibhse chuir achadh ri achadh
B minorBm    A augmentedA
Taigh ri taigh
B minorBm       A augmentedA
Gus nach bi ait anns an tir
  B minorBm         A augmentedA
An gabh sibh comhnaidh air leth
B minorBm           A augmentedA
Ach 's math dhomh bhith seo an drasd
B minorBm         A augmentedA
A majorA cur failt air a' bhlas
B minorBm          A augmentedA
'San tir a tha cho ur dhomh an diugh
     B minorBm         A augmentedA   B minorBm F# minorF#m D MajorD
Is a bha i nuair bha mi 'nam phaisd


  Chorus:
F# minorF#m  D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE  F# minorF#m  D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
A.....l..ba   A.....l..ba
F# minorF#m  D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE  F# minorF#m  D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
A.....l..ba   A.....l..ba


  Chorus Slower:
F# minorF#m  N.C.
A.....l..ba   A.....l..ba
F# minorF#m  D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE  F# minorF#m  D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
A.....l..ba   A.....l..ba


  Chorus:
F# minorF#m  D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE  F# minorF#m  D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
A.....l..ba   A.....l..ba
F# minorF#m  D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE  F# minorF#m  D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
A.....l..ba   A.....l..ba
F# minorF#m  D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
A.....l..ba


Mark W

Translation:

This flight is sailing through the clouds
And the blue heavens
The homeland appears like a developing photograph
Through the mists as I return to land
I see Scotland of the high mountains
And the empty acres
Flying low across the moorland lochs
The forests and the glens

Scotland, Scotland

But it's a wounding and a hollow sight
Here as we reach the end of the century
The beautiful soil of the people
Still in the hands of the few
I see the wheels of industry at a standstill
And the northern lands wasted
And the empty house in Edinburgh
Without authority or voice

Scotland, Scotland Scotland, Scotland

You that have laid field upon field
House upon house
Till there be nowhere for you to be placed alone
In the midst of all the earth
But it is good for me to be here now
As I welcome the warmth
In this land that's as exciting for me today
As it was the day I was born

Scotland, Scotland Scotland, Scotland
Scotland, Scotland Scotland, Scotland