Macphersons Rant Chords
Macphersons Rant by Alex Campbell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Am and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
C G C G C Am C G C F G
Verse
C G
"Fareweel, ye dungeons dark and strang
C Am
Fareweel, fareweel", said he
C G
"MacPherson's time will no' be lang
C F G
Alow the gallows tree"
Chorus
C G
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly
C Am
Sae dauntingly gaed he
C G
He played a tune and he danced it aroon'
C F G
Alow the gallows tree
Verse
C G
"It was by a woman's treacherous hand
C Am
That I was condemned tae dee
C G
Aboon a ledge at a windae she stood
C F G
And a blanket she threw o'er me"
Chorus
C G
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly
C Am
Sae dauntingly gaed he
C G
He played a tune and he danced it aroon'
C F G
Alow the gallows tree
Verse
C G
"Untie these bands frae aff o' my hands
C Am
And gie tae me my sword
C G
There's no a man in a' Scotland
C F G
But I'll brave him at his word"
Chorus
C G
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly
C Am
Sae dauntingly gaed he
C G
He played a tune and he danced it aroon'
C F G
Alow the gallows tree
Verse
C G
"Well, there's some come here tae see me hang
C Am
And some tae buy my fiddle
C G
But afore that I dae part wi' her
C F G
I'd brak' her through the middle"
Chorus
C G
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly
C Am
Sae dauntingly gaed he
C G
He played a tune and he danced it aroon'
C F G
Alow the gallows tree
Verse
C G
Well, he took his fiddle into both of his hands
C Am
And he brak' it o'er a stane
C G
Said, "Nae ither hands shall play on thee
C F G
When I am deid and gane"
Chorus
C G
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly
C Am
Sae dauntingly gaed he
C G
He played a tune and he danced it aroon'
C F G
Alow the gallows tree
Verse
C G
"Och, little did my mother think
C Am
When first she cradled me
C G
That I would turn a roving boy
C F G
And die on the gallows tree"
Chorus
C G
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly
C Am
Sae dauntingly gaed he
C G
He played a tune and he danced it aroon'
C F G
Alow the gallows tree
Verse
C G
The reprieve it was coming o'er the Brig o' Banff
C Am
Tae set MacPherson free
C G
But they put the knock tae quarter past four
C F G
And they hanged him tae the tree
Chorus
C G
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly
C Am
Sae dauntingly gaed he
C G
He played a tune and he danced it aroon'
C F G
Alow the gallows tree