Bonny Caledpnia Scottish Traditional Guitar Chords

[Verse]
C
A sailor and his true love
F G
Lay doon tae mak their moan
C F G
When in by came, ain o their countryman
F G
Sayin’ rise up my bonny lassie
C F
Make haste and come awa
C G F
There’s a vessel lying bound for Caledonia

C F G
Oh said the sailor, are ye willing for tae pay
C
Five hundred guineas
F G
Afore on board ye go?
F G
I’ll pay them plack and farthing
C G
A fore on board I go
C G F
If ye’ll tak me tae me bonny Caledonia

C F G
Oh said the sailor her money we will take
C
And when we’re on the sea
F G
We’ll throw her over deck
F G
Or sell her for a slave
C G
Lang ere she win ava
C G F
And she’ll nere see her bonny Caledonia

C F G
Well said the captain, well that’ll never do
C
For there are nae slaves sold
F G
in tae our country now
F G
They’d hang us one and a’
Am G
They would hang us every man
C G F
If we sold her for a slave to Caledonia

C F G
Well said the sailor she’s lying doon below
C
She’s bound hand and foot
F G
Ready overboard to throw
F G
She’s bound hand and foot
Am G
Ready overboard to throw
C G F
And she’ll nae see her bonny Caledonia

C F G
So away the captain, tae the fair maid he has gone
C
Saying what is the reason
F G
That ye’re lying here sae lang
F G
An’ what is the reason
Am G
That ye’re lying here at all?
C G F
For you’ve paid your passage dear tae Caledonia

C F G
Oh said the lassie, oh woe is me
Am C
That ever I was born
F G
Sich hardships for tae see
Am G
For the sailor’s got a lassie
C G
He likes better far than me
C G F
And it causes me to weep for Caledonia

C F G
So away the captain, tae the sailor he has gone
Am C
He’s ta‘en him by the neck
F G
And overboard, him has thrown
F G
Saying tak this cup o’ water
Am G
Though the liquor be but small
C G F
And drink your lassie’s health tae Caledonia

Am Bb Am Bb

Am Bb Am Bb
They’ve sailed east and they’ve sailed west
Am C
Until they reached the land
Am G
That they a’ loved the best
Am G
For the winds they did roar
Am C
And the seas they did beat
Am G F
And they’ve all arrived safe to Caledonia

C
Well they hadna been there
F G
But three quarters of a year
Am C
When in fine silks and satin
F G
He’s made her for tae wear
F G
When in fine silks and satins
Am G
He’s made her for tae go
C Am G F
For she’s the captain’s wife in Caledonia
Am C G F
Now she’s the captain’s wife in Caledonia
G C