Em                         G             D 
Ye yakobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear, 
   Em                 G        Em  
Ye yakobites by name, lend an ear. 
   G                         D  
Ye yakobites by name, Your faults I must proclaim, 
     Em                 G              Em               D 
your doctrines I will blame, you shall hear, you shall hear, 
     Em                 G              Em                
your doctrines I will blame, you shall hear. 


        Em                               G           D 
What is right and what is wrong, by the law, by the law? 
        Em                 G            Em  
What is right and what is wrong, by the law? 
         G                           D  
What is right and what is wrong, by short sword or by long, 
     Em              G           Em            D 
by weak arm or by strong for to draw, for to draw? 
     Em             G            Em                
By weak arm or by strong for to draw? 


      Em                          G           D 
What makes heroic strife famed a far, famed a far? 
      Em            G            Em  
What makes heroic strife famed a far? 
      G                      D  
What makes heroic strife to when the assassins knife 
     Em              G              Em            D 
or haunt a parents life with bloody war, bloody war? 
     Em             G               Em                
Or haunt a parents life with bloody war? 


   Em                               G              D 
So let your schemes alone, in the states, in the states, 
   Em                  G            Em  
So let your schemes alone, in the states. 
   G                         D  
So let your schemes alone, adore the rising sun 
     Em           G            Em            D 
and leave a man undone to his fate, to his fate. 
     Em            G           Em                
And leave a man undone to his fate.