By Yon Bonnie Banks (O Loch Lomond) chords John McDermott (traditional Scottish song, poet Andrew Lang 1876, from song of 1746) * E A F#m By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes, E A F#mE Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lo mon' A E F#m A Where me and my true love will never meet again E A F#mE On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lo mon' E A E Oh, ye'll tak' the high road and I'll tak' the low, A F#m E And I'll be in Scotland afore ye; A E F#m A For me and my true love will never meet again E A F#mE On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lo mon' E A E 'Twas there that we parted in yon shady glen, A F#mE On the steep, steep sides o' Ben Lo mon' A E F#m A Where in a purple hue the Heilan' hills we view, E A F#m E An the moon comin' out in the gloamin'. E A E Oh, ye'll tak' the high road and I'll tak' the low, A F#m E And I'll be in Scotland afore ye; A E F#m A For me and my true love will never meet again E A F#mE On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lo mon' G C Em The wee birdies sing and the wild flowers spring G C Em G And in sunshine the waters are sleepin' C G Em C But the broken heart it kens nae second spring again G C D G Tho' the waefu' may cease frae their greetin'. G C G Oh, ye'll tak' the high road and I'll tak' the low road, C Em G And I'll be in Scotland afore ye; C G Em C But me and my true love will never meet again. G C D G On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomon' * Alternate: Capo II E = D A = G F#m = Em G = F C = Bb D = C Em = Dm Set8