Dunvegans Drums

The Stanfields

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     Em               G
When Dunvegan's Drums beat in the air
       C                      Em
At the first of the Inverness fair
    Am  
The liquor starts flowing
        Em                  G
And the boys start going to town
     D              C 
With blood in their hair

    Em                     G
The townie boys eye up the boys from the glen
     C                    Em
They neither got money to spend
     Am   
They take all the girlies
Em 
Dancing and twirlin'
    G            D           C
And scrap around back in the end

[Solo]
        Em          D                G         C
E|------0-0-0-2-0-------------------------------------|
B|--0-3-----------3---0--------------0-0-0-------0-0--|
G|------------------2---2-0-2----0-2-------2-0--------|
D|---------------------------------------------2------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
        Em         D                Em       D     Em
E|------0-0-0-2-0-------------------------------------|
B|--0-3-----------3---0-------------------------------|
G|------------------2---2-0-2----2-0-----0------------|
D|-----------------------------------2-2-----4-2-0-2--|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 2]
   Em                       G
Me mother, she told me when I left the island,
           C                         Em
"Keep your nose and your fingernails clean
      Am 
Don't ever be shy,
       Em 
Always look in their eye,
    G      D            C
And always say what you mean."

       Em                       G
Well I meant what I said when I called him a coward
C                        Em
Riddled with filth and disease
    Am
The silence was golden
   Em                    G
As I was left holding my guts
     D          C
In a pile at my knees

[Solo]
        Em          D                G         C
E|------0-0-0-2-0-------------------------------------|
B|--0-3-----------3---0--------------0-0-0-------0-0--|
G|------------------2---2-0-2----0-2-------2-0--------|
D|---------------------------------------------2------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
        Em         D                Em       D     Em
E|------0-0-0-2-0-------------------------------------|
B|--0-3-----------3---0-------------------------------|
G|------------------2---2-0-2----2-0-----0------------|
D|-----------------------------------2-2-----4-2-0-2--|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

[Interlude]
Am

Am    G       D
Am    G       D

[Bridge]
  Em                         D
I remember the jackals, they gathered around
G                        C
Laughing and watching me bleed
     Em                        D            
They fought in a pack and they beat themselves dumb
        Em
Rah-Dah-Dum-Dah
D          Em
Dunvegan's Drums

    Em                        D
I remember the bastards, they ran in the night
         G                         C 
When the Mounties showed up at the scene
    Em                                D
They're all good for nothing, they're rabble and scum
        Em
Rah-Dah-Dum-Dah
D          Em
Dunvegan's Drums

[Solo]
        Em          D                G         C
E|------0-0-0-2-0-------------------------------------|
B|--0-3-----------3---0--------------0-0-0-------0-0--|
G|------------------2---2-0-2----0-2-------2-0--------|
D|---------------------------------------------2------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
        Em         D                Em       D     Em
E|------0-0-0-2-0-------------------------------------|
B|--0-3-----------3---0-------------------------------|
G|------------------2---2-0-2----2-0-----0------------|
D|-----------------------------------2-2-----4-2-0-2--|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|