My bonnie lassie    (intro)    (midi)

 

    C ~   

 

1. C - F - C - G       C - F - C  - G - C

    Mm…                 Mm…

 

      G                                           C

    Somewhere a ship and crew sails o'er the ocean blue,

      Am                G                D7                     G

    bringing, oh, bringing my bonnie back to me.

        C

    That's why the drums are drummin’,

 

    that's why the pipes are hummin,

      F              C                        G            C      ~

    my bonnie lassie's comin’, comin’ to me.

 

        C

2. Drums in my heart are drummin’, I hear the bagpipes hummin’,

      F              C                      G

    my bonnie lassie's comin’ over the sea.

     C                               

    My heart with her she's bringin’, I hear the blue bells ringin’,

       F                  C                        G                 C

    soon we'll be highland flingin’, my love and me.

 

    G                                        C

    I'll meet her at the shore, playin’ the pipes for her,

      Am              G            D7                   G

    dressed in a kilt and a tam'oshanter, too.

        C

    Drums in my heart are drummin’, I hear the bagpipes hummin’,

     F                 C                      G             C

    my Bonnie Lassie's comin’, comin’ to me.     

 

+ G - C - Am - G - D7 - G        - C - F - C - G - C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      C

3. Sad are the lads she's leavin’, many a sigh they're heavin’,

      F             C                           G

    even the heather's grievin’, cryin’ with dew.

       C                     

    She's left her native highland to come and live in my land,

F                          C                              - G                        C

    she'll  love the folks who smile and        say, "how-de-do".

 

    G                                        C

    I'll meet her at the shore, playin’ the pipes for her,

      Am              G            D7                   G

    dressed in a kilt and a tam'oshanter, too.

        C

    Drums in my heart are drummin’, I hear the bagpipes hummin’,

     F                 C                      G             C

    my Bonnie Lassie's comin’, comin’ to me.     

     DmG        C

    Comin’ to me !

 

    (midi = capo 3rd : G-C-G-D) (The Ames Brothers)