Chord Bonnie St Johnstone by Richard Thompson

bonnie st . johnstone written by trad . arr . r . thompson chords by justus 1000 years of popular music the chords are right in my opinion . but it wont’t sound like the album version , if you just play them . you have to alter the chords for example play this instead of an a chord : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - 2 - - - 2 - - - 2 - | - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - | - - 0 - - - 0 - - - 0 - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | and use the powerchords for the D major . if you get it right this is an awesome , sad and very hard song to sing . cheers , j . C#m E A B leaned her back against an oak , edinburgh , edinburgh C#m E A leaned her back against an oak , stirling for ay D C#m A B leaned her back against an oak , first it bent and then it broke C#m E A and bonny st . johnstone lies fair upon tay leaned her back against a thorn , edinburgh , edinburgh leaned her back against a thorn , stirling for ay leaned her back against a thorn , two bonniest babes that eer were born and bonny st . johnstone lies fair upon tay shes pulled out her snow - white breast , edingburgh , edinburg shes pulled out her snow - white breast , stirling for ay shes pulled out her snow - white breast , and bid them suck , though it was the last and bonny st . johnstone lies fair upon tay she pulled out out her little knife , edinburgh , edinburgh she pulled out out her little knife , stirling for ay she pulled out out her little knife , and pirced away their tender life and bonny st . johnstone lies fair upon tay shes washed the knife all in a brook , edinburgh , edinburgh shes washed the knife all in a brook , stirling for ay washed the knife all in a brook , the more she washed , the redder it looked and bonny st . johnstone lies fair upon tay she looks over her fathers wall , edinburgh , edinburgh she looks over her fathers wall , stirling for ay she looks over her fathers wall , and sees two babes A - playing at ball and bonny st . johnstone lies fair upon tay o babes , if you were mine , edinburgh , edinburgh o babes , if you were mine o babes , if you were mine , id dress you in the silk so fine and bonny st . johnstone lies fair upon tay mother , when we were thine , edinburgh , edinburgh mother , when we were thine , stirling for ay mother , when we were thine , around our necks you pulled the twine and bonny st . johnstone lies fair upon tay now were in the heaven so high , edinburgh , edinburgh now were in the heaven so high , stirling for ay now were in the heaven so high , and in hell fires you shall die and bonny st . johnstone lies fair upon tay