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    Em                         G           D 
Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear, give an ear 
    Em           G            Em 
Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear 
                 G           D 
Ye Jacobites by name, your faults I will proclaim 
      Em                G               Em               D 
Your doctrines I will blame, you shall hear, you shall hear 
      Em               D                Em 
Your doctrines I will blame, you shall hear 

        Em                              G           D 
What's right and what is wrong, by the law, by the law 
        Em                 G            Em 
What's right and what is wrong, by the law 
        G                          D 
What's right and what is wrong a short sword and a long 
   Em              G            Em            D 
A weak arm and a strong for to draw, for to draw 
   Em              D            Em 
A weak arm and a strong for to draw 

     Em                         G           D 
What makes heroic strife famed afar, famed afar 
     Em             G            Em 
What makes heroic strife famed afar 
      G                      D 
What makes heroic strife to whet the assassin's knife 
    Em             G               Em          D 
Or hunt a parent's life wi' bloody war, bloody war 
    Em              D               Em 
Or hunt a parent's life wi' bloody war 

      Em                                G             D 
Then leave your schemes alone, in the state, in the state 
      Em                  G            Em 
Then leave your schemes alone, in the state 
      G                          D 
Then leave your schemes alone, adore the rising sun 
      Em          G           Em           D 
And leave a man alone to his fate, to his fate 
      Em          D           Em 
And leave a man alone to his fate 

    Em                         G           D 
Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear, give an ear 
    Em           G            Em 
Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear 
    G                       D 
Ye Jacobites by name, your faults I will proclaim 
      Em                G               Em               D 
Your doctrines I will blame, you shall hear, you shall hear 
      Em               D                Em 
Your doctrines I will blame, you shall hear