NEIL GOW’S APPRENTICE lyrics and chords

4/4 Music timing. Written by Michael Marra.  Scottish song Lyrics and chords as used by The McCalmans on their album Honest Poverty (use capo on 1st fret to change key to D# major) Chords by Marc Fahrbach. Another Scottish song here that uses the same name is Neil Gow's Farewell to whiskey .

Intro:
D-D-A7-D-D 2x
 
Chorus:
(D)O no more will I (A7)rove no more, it's (D)over 
O no more will I (A7)rove no more, it's (D)done
I'll (G)sit beneath the (D)fiddle tree
With the (G)ghost of Niel Gow (A7)next to me
(D)Listen, Niel, your ap(A7)prentice has be(D)gun
 
The (D)old man looked in the (A7)ingleook and (D)wondered
His brother in a foreign (A7)land he must re(D)main
When (G)deived about the (D)life he'd choose
They (G)each would wear the (A7)other one's shoes
This (D)motherland is a (A7)source of constant (D)pain
 
Chorus
 
Play one verse instrumentally
 
(D)Rumblin' Brig I (A7)hear your music (D)calling
In the outback (A7)still I heard your (D)song
(G)Living off a (D)foreign field
With far (G)more fish than the (A7)burn could yield
This (D)trip will be my (A7)last and it won't be (D)long
 
Chorus twice
 
(D)Listen, Niel, your ap(A7)prentice has be(D)gun 2x
D-D-A7-D-D 2x

Guitar chords in the key of G

(G)O no more will I (D7)rove no more, it's (G)over 
O no more will I (D7)rove no more, it's (G)done
I'll (C)sit beneath the (G)fiddle tree
With the (C)ghost of Niel Gow (D7)next to me
(G)Listen, Niel, your ap(D7)prentice has be(G)gun
 
The (G)old man looked in the (D7)ingleook and (G)wondered
His brother in a foreign (D7)land he must re(G)main
When (C)deived about the (G)life he'd choose
They (C)each would wear the (D7)other one's shoes
This (G)motherland is a (D7)source of constant (G)pain
 
Chorus
 
Play one verse instrumentally
 
(G)Rumblin' Brig I (D7)hear your music (G)calling
In the outback (D7)still I heard your (G)song
(C)Living off a (G)foreign field
With far (C)more fish than the (D7)burn could yield
This (G)trip will be my (D7)last and it won't be (G)long