Tom: G
G D C G
[Verse 1]
G D C G
O the shearing's not for you, my bonnie lassie O,
G D C G
O the shearing's not for you, my bonnie lassie O,
C G Em
O the shearing's not for you, for your back it wouldna' bow,
G D C G
And your belly's o'er full, my bonnie lassie O.
[Verse 2]
G D C G
It was in the month of May, my bonnie lassie O,
G D C G
It was in the month of May, my bonnie lassie O,
C G Em
It was in the month of May, when the flowers they were gay,
G D C G
And the lambs did sport and play, my bonnie lassie O'
[Verse 3]
G D C G
Do you mind on yonder hill, my bonnie laddie O,
G D C G
Do you mind on yonder hill, my bonnie laddie O,
C G Em
D'you mind on yonder hill where you swore you would me kill,
G D C G
If you did'na have your will? my bonnie laddie O.
[Verse 4]
G D C G
Do you mind the banks of Ayr, my bonnie laddie O,
G D C G
Do you mind the banks of Ayr, my bonnie laddie O,
C G Em
Do you mind the banks of Ayr, where you drew me in your snare,
G D C G
And you left me in despair, my bonnie laddie O?
[Verse 5]
G D C G
O it's you may kill me dead, my bonnie laddie O,
G D C G
O it's you may kill me dead, my bonnie laddie O,
C G Em
O I'll not kill you dead nor make your body bleed,
G D C G
Nor marry you with speed my bonnie lassie O.
[Verse 6]
G D C G
For the pipes do sweetly play, my bonnie lassie O,
G D C G
For the pipes do sweetly play, my bonnie lassie O,
C G Em
O the pipes do sweetly play and the troops do march away,
G D C G
And it's here I will not stay, my bonnie lassie O.
[Verse 7]
G D C G
O the shearing's not for you, my bonnie lassie O,
G D C G
O the shearing's not for you, my bonnie lassie O,
C G Em
O the shearing's not for you, for your back it wouldna' bow,
G D C G
And your belly's o'er full my bonnie lassie O.
[Outro]
G D C G X2
C G Em
G D C G
