Richard Thompson - Bonnie St Johnstone

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