Well Catters, Not done very well with answers to this one, so, I've had a go at working out the chords for myself. If there is anyone out there that knows the song and plays the guitar, try these chords and let me know what you think. I've put a couple of question marks over the words I couldn't quite understand from the CD and I'm sure that Robin Laing's chords will be somewhat different to my simplistic version, but it seems to work for me:-
Carmichael Mill (Robin Laing) Chorus C F C Down by the Clyde there's a bonny place G C Where stands Carmichael Mill F C And the evening sun sometimes hides his face G In the shadow of Tinto Hill C F C Slowly the river turns and steers Am G Life is awoven with joys and tears C F And time is measured in hundreds of years C G C But the Mill's standing Still For forty years the old mill lay asleep Rotting and rusting in shadows so deep And over the cogs spiders would creep And the water wheel stood still The slates and the gutters were broken and sad We live in a time of fashion and fad And we never knew the treasure we had Laying at Carmichael Mill The heart of the mill gladly remains Scratched on the beams are stories names These were the men with braun and brains And the long generations of skill ? Now the bright water runs through the glade In the machinery music is played And the sound of the past is a sweet serenade To the men who built Carmichael Mill ? From the Dire/Dark water to where the cart spills The Clyde gathers streams from the moorlands and hills Enough for the wheels of ten thousand mills And another ten thousand beside And though the past is buried and gone The river's power runs on and on And a small beam of light to future is shone On the last wheel mill on the Clyde
Any corrections would be gratefully received Bagger Alan
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