Hi, I don't know how The Corries do it, but here's the version I play. I hope it's of some use. Dark Loch na Garr (Lachin Y Gair) A-(G)way ye gay (D)landscapes, ye (Em)garden of (G)roses! In (C)you let the (G)minions of (Am)luxury (D)rove;(D7) Re-(G)store me the (D)rocks, where the (Em)snowflake re-(G)poses, Though (C)still they are (G)sacred to (D)freedom and (G)love. Yet, Cale-(Em)donia, be-(C)loved are thy (G)mountains, round their white (Em)summits though (C)elements (D)war;(D7) Though (G)cataracts (Em)foam `stead of (C)smooth-flowing (D)fountains, I (G)sigh for the (Em)valley of (D)dark Loch na (G)Garr. Ah! (G)there my young (D)footsteps in (Em)infancy (G)wander`d, my (C)cap was the (G)bonnet, my (Am)cloak was the (D)plaid.(D7) On (G)chieftains long(D)perished my (Em)memory (G)ponder`d, as (C)daily I (G)strode through the (D)pine-cover`d (G)glade. I sought not my (Em)home till the (C)day`s dying (G)glory, gave place to the (Em)rays of the (C)bright polar (D)star,(D7) for (G)fancy was (Em)cheer`d by trad-(C)itional (D)story, dis-(G)clos`d by the (Em)natives of (D)dark Loch na (G)Garr. (G)'Shades of the (D)dead! have I (Em)not heard your (G)voices, (C)rise on the (G)night-rolling (Am)breath of the (D)gale?'(D7) And (G)surely the (D)soul of the (Em)hero re-(G)joices, and (C)rides on the (G)wind o`er his (D)own Highland (G)vale. Round Loch na (Em)Garr, while the (C)stormy mist (G)gathers, winter pre-(Em)sides in his (C)cold icy (D)car;(D7) the (G)clouds there en-(Em)circle the (C)forms of my (D)fathers, they (G)dwell in the (Em)tempests of (D)dark Loch na (G)Garr. (G)Years have roll'd (D)on, Loch na (Em)Garr, since I (G)left you, (C)Years must e-(G)lapse ere I (Am)tread you a-(D)gain:(D7) (G)Nature of (D)verdure and (Em)flow'rs has be-(G)reft you, Yet (C)still are you (G)dearer than (D)Albion's (G)plain. England! thy (Em)beauties are (C)tame and do-(G)mestic To one who has (Em)roved o'er the (C)mountains a-(D)far:(D7) Oh (G)for the (Em)crags that are (C)wild and ma-(D)jestic! The (G)steep frowning (Em)glories of (D)dark Loch na (G)Garr!
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