Jock Obraidosly chords by Traditional

A breathtaking song. In my interpretation I follow The Corries (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v15wEsHg3gY),
though they play it in D#m (capo in 6th fret, respectively); I prefer it with capo in 3rd fret.

The lyrics are taken from here: http://www.kinglaoghaire.com/lyrics/658-jock-o-braidislee
comments to the text there:
"The place names mentioned in this version of the ballad, Monymusk and Esslemont, suggest that it comes from
Aberdeenshire although the two locations are about 30 miles apart. There is a ruined castle at Esslemont,
presumably this is where the "silly auld man" went to fetch the foresters. Another similar version places the
story in Durisdeer in Dumfriesshire.

dool = grief, worry
scruggs = scrub, bushes"

Am     Am   Am   Am
Johnny got up on a May mornin'
      G    G    G   G
Called for water to wash his hands
     Am  Am    G    Am
Says "Gie loose tae me my twa grey dugs
   Am   G  C    Am
That lie in iron bands - bands
   Am   G Em Am   Am
That lie in iron bands"



Am    Am     Am    Am
Johnny's mother she heard o' this
  G     G    G   G
Her hands for dool she wrang
    Am   Am    G  Am
Sayin' "Johnny for your venison
    Am    G   C   Am
Tae the greenwood dinnae gang - gang
    Am    G Em Am   Am
Tae the greenwood dinnae gang"



  Am     Am    Am    Am
But Johnny has ta'en his guid bend bow
  G   G   G   G
His arrows one by one
  Am  Am     G     Am
And he's awa' tae the greenwood gane
  Am    G    C   Am
Tae ding the dun deer doon - doon
  Am    G Em  Am   Am
Tae ding the dun deer doon



  Am   Am      Am    Am
Noo Johnny shot and the dun deer leapt
    G      G   G   G
And he wounded her in the side
  Am    Am    G       Am
And there between the water and the woods
  Am     G    C    Am
The grey hounds laid her pride - her pride
  Am     G  Em Am   Am
The grey hounds laid her pride



   Am   Am     Am  Am
They ate so much o' the venison
   G    G      G   G
They drank so much o' the blood
   Am   Am   G    Am
That Johnny and his twa grey dugs
   Am    G      C      Am
Fell asleep as though were deid - were deid
   Am    G   Em  Am   Am
Fell asleep as though were deid



   Am    Am   Am     Am
Then by there cam' a silly auld man
  G     G   G   G
An ill death may he dee
  Am   Am   G   Am
For he's awa' tae Esslemont
     Am    G    C     Am
The seven foresters for tae see - tae see
  Am    G  Em Am   Am
The foresters for tae see



  Am   Am  Am  Am
As I cam' in by Monymusk
G    G   G    G
Doon among yon scruggs
   Am   Am    G    Am
Well there I spied the bonniest youth
   Am     G    C     Am
Lyin' sleepin' atween twa dugs - twa dugs
   Am     G  Em Am   Am
Lyin' sleepin' atween twa dugs



  Am   Am     Am   Am
The buttons that were upon his sleeve
   G   G    G   G
Were o' the gowd sae guid
    Am    Am       G   Am
And the twa grey hounds that he lay between
   Am     G    C      Am
Their mouths were dyed wi' blood - wi' blood
   Am     G  Em Am   Am
Their mouths were dyed wi' blood



   Am   Am    Am     Am
Then up and jumps the first forester
    G   G    G   G
He was captain o' them a'
     Am    Am   G    Am
Sayin "If that be Jock o' Braidislee
Am  G     C      Am
Unto him we'll draw - we'll draw
Am  G  Em  Am   Am
Unto him we'll draw"



  Am     Am    Am    Am
The first shot that the foresters fired
  G     G   G   G
It hit Johnny on the knee
    Am   Am      G     Am
And the second shot that the foresters fired
  Am      G     C     Am
His heart's blood blint his e'e - his e'e
  Am      G   Em Am   Am
His heart's blood blint his e'e



   Am    Am     Am     Am
Then up jumps Johnny fae oot o' his sleep
    G   G    G   G
And an angry man was he
     Am     Am    G   Am
Sayin "Ye micht have woken me fae my sleep
    Am      G    C    Am
Ere my heart's blood blint my e'e - my e'e
    Am      G   Em Am   Am
Ere my heart's blood blint my e'e"



     Am     Am   Am   Am
But he's rested his back against an oak
  G   G   G   G
His fit upon a stane
  Am   Am      G    Am
And he has fired at the seven o' them
   Am     G   C     Am
He's killed them a' but ane - but ane
   Am     G Em Am   Am
He's killed them a' but ane



   Am   Am      Am  Am
He's broken four o' that one's ribs
  G      G   G   G
His airm and his collar bane
  Am   Am    G   Am
And he has set him upon his horse
    Am   G    C   Am
Wi' the tidings sent him hame - hame
    Am   G  Em Am   Am
Wi' the tidings sent him hame



  Am    Am    Am   Am
But Johnny's guid bend bow is broke
  G    G    G   G
His twa grey dugs are slain
    Am  Am   G  Am
And his body lies in Monymusk
  Am   G    C     Am
His huntin' days are dane - are dane
  Am   G  Em Am   Am