A Croft In Clachan Chords & Lyrics - Johnny Cash
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[G]With the Campbell?s and McDonalds, it was in their blood [D]to fight
With each passing generation it became a mans birth[G]right
But they always had a [C]common enemy
Never [D]would the English crown take Scottish independ[G]ency
[G]Oh the battles rage in Glasgow and maj[D]estic Edinburgh
And they came with war machines and in the highlands shots were he[G]ard
Then the people rose in union and the fo[D]rces moved as one
And the Clans all joined together to see English on the r[G]un
[CHORUS]
And in a t[C]iny croft in Clachan sat a mo[G]ther, Peg Mac Dunn
And she se[D]wed the cords together for her 16 year old s[G]on
And she cr[C]ied as he was leaving, don?t f[G]orget to keep you warm
And [D]come you back to Clachan when the English are all d[G]one
Now [G]Rob Mac Dunn was ready as he [D]left the croft behind
And he joined the highland pipe brigade with one thing on his m[G]ind
That to keep his home and freedom he must f[D]ace it like a man
So he marched in common union with his musket in his h[G]and
[CHORUS]
And he met t[C]he hill of battle in the hi[G]ghlands and the low
And the re[D]ason for the fighting long within his blood to kn[G]ow
In the middle of the ru[C]mble he was for[G]ward gaining ground
And the bagp[D]ipes still were playing as the dead lay all aro[G]und
Then he moved in no direction till he [D]faced the winds of North
And he boldly climbed the highlands, further from the Firth of Fo[G]rth
Then one freezing, blowing morning, came the [D]cry of Peg Mac Dunn
Back to my croft in Clachan God has sent me home my s[G]on
And in another cr[C]oft in Clachan cross the [G]way from the Mac Dunn
With her f[D]ace against the window sat a young girl, tired and w[G]orn
And she sm[C]iled a secret knowing as she bre[G]athed a prayer alone
I th[D]ank thee Lord for bringing Rob Mac Dunn back safely [G]home
[SOLO]
[C] [G] [D] [G]
Back to [C]the croft in Clachan, he ret[G]urned to peace again
He had g[D]one a boy of 16, but he came back as a m[G]an.
[OUTRO]
[C] [G] [D] [G] [C] [G] [D] [G] [C] [G]
With each passing generation it became a mans birth[G]right
But they always had a [C]common enemy
Never [D]would the English crown take Scottish independ[G]ency
[G]Oh the battles rage in Glasgow and maj[D]estic Edinburgh
And they came with war machines and in the highlands shots were he[G]ard
Then the people rose in union and the fo[D]rces moved as one
And the Clans all joined together to see English on the r[G]un
[CHORUS]
And in a t[C]iny croft in Clachan sat a mo[G]ther, Peg Mac Dunn
And she se[D]wed the cords together for her 16 year old s[G]on
And she cr[C]ied as he was leaving, don?t f[G]orget to keep you warm
And [D]come you back to Clachan when the English are all d[G]one
Now [G]Rob Mac Dunn was ready as he [D]left the croft behind
And he joined the highland pipe brigade with one thing on his m[G]ind
That to keep his home and freedom he must f[D]ace it like a man
So he marched in common union with his musket in his h[G]and
[CHORUS]
And he met t[C]he hill of battle in the hi[G]ghlands and the low
And the re[D]ason for the fighting long within his blood to kn[G]ow
In the middle of the ru[C]mble he was for[G]ward gaining ground
And the bagp[D]ipes still were playing as the dead lay all aro[G]und
Then he moved in no direction till he [D]faced the winds of North
And he boldly climbed the highlands, further from the Firth of Fo[G]rth
Then one freezing, blowing morning, came the [D]cry of Peg Mac Dunn
Back to my croft in Clachan God has sent me home my s[G]on
And in another cr[C]oft in Clachan cross the [G]way from the Mac Dunn
With her f[D]ace against the window sat a young girl, tired and w[G]orn
And she sm[C]iled a secret knowing as she bre[G]athed a prayer alone
I th[D]ank thee Lord for bringing Rob Mac Dunn back safely [G]home
[SOLO]
[C] [G] [D] [G]
Back to [C]the croft in Clachan, he ret[G]urned to peace again
He had g[D]one a boy of 16, but he came back as a m[G]an.
[OUTRO]
[C] [G] [D] [G] [C] [G] [D] [G] [C] [G]
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