Hi Sebastian, hope this brightens your day - the chords are from the Battlefield Band book 'Forward with Scotland's Past'




THE ROVIN' DIES HARD (Brian McNeill)

My (G)name's John Mackenzie, I'm a (C)master-at-(D)arms,
I (G)carry my sword and my (C)shield on my (D)shoulder.
I've (G)fought every fight from the (C)Don to the (G)Danube,
None (C)braver, none (G)better, none (D)bolder.
I've (D7)stood wi' Montrose and a(G)gainst him.
I've (D7)battled with Swedes and with (G)Danes.
And I've (G)carried the standard o' (C)many's the (G)army,
Through (C)many's the (G)bloody cam(D)paign.
But now as I sit in the firelight it seems
There's a (D7)distant horizon to the sword buckler's gleam.
Till a (G)pull at the wine brings an (C)old soldier's (G)dreams from a(D)far
- For the rovin' dies hard.