The Massacre Of Glencoe (CHORDS) by The Real McKenzies

[Verse 1]~
C                   F
They came in the night

        C
When the men were asleep

    G
This band O' Argyles

       C             G
Through snow soft and deep

    C         F
Like murdering foxes

C
A-mong helpless sheep

    F               G
They slaughtered the house of

   C
Mac-Donald


[Chorus]~
C
O Cruel is the snow

    F           C
That sweeps Glen-coe

   C                  G
And covers the grave O Donald

   C
And cruel was the foe

    F          C
That raped Glen-coe

   F            G
And murdered the house of

   C
Mac-Donald


[Verse 2]~
    C         F
They came in a blizzard

  C
We offered them heat

G
A roof o'er their heads

   C               G
Dry shoes for their feet

  C              F
We wined them and dined them

    C
They ate of our meat

        F            G
And they slept in the house of

   C
Mac-Donald


[Chorus]~
C
O Cruel is the snow

    F           C
That sweeps Glen-coe

   C                  G
And covers the grave O Donald

   C
And cruel was the foe

    F          C
That raped Glen-coe

   F            G
And murdered the house of

   C
Mac-Donald


[Verse 3]~
    C              F
They came from Fort William

   C
Wi' murder in mind

   G
The Campbells had orders

    C           G
King William had signed

   C          F
Put all to the sword

     C
These words were underlined

   F            G
And leave none a-live called

   C
Mac-Donald


[Verse 4]~
    C             F
Some died in their beds

      C
At the hand of the foe

    G
Some fled in the night

   C                G
And were lost in the snow

    C           F
Some lived to ac-cuse him

    C
That struck the first blow

   F            G
But gone was the house of

  C
Mac-Donald


[Chorus]~
C
O Cruel is the snow

    F           C
That sweeps Glen-coe

   C                  G
And covers the grave O Donald

   C
And cruel was the foe

    F          C
That raped Glen-coe

   F            G
And murdered the house of

   C
Mac-Donald