A Scottish Soldier

            C
There was a soldier a Scottish 
soldier
             G                     
Who wandered far away and soldiered
 C
 far away

There was none bolder with good 
broad shoulder
               G              
He's fought in many a fray and 
            C
fought and won

He'd seen the glory and told the 
story
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Of battles glorious and deeds 
    C
victorious

But now he's sighing his heart is 
crying
               G                C
To leave these green hills of Tyrol

Chorus
C              F                  
Because these green hills are not 
 C
highland hills
       G                        C
Or the island hills they're not my 
land's hills
            F                  
And fair as these green foreign 
 C
hills may be
         G                C     F 
They are not the hills of home
C G C


Verse 2
             C
And now this soldier this Scottish 
soldier
             G                     
Who wandered far away and soldiered
 C
 far away

Sees leaves are falling and death is
 calling
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            G                     
And he will fade away in that far 
C
land
                 D
He called his piper his trusty piper
             G                     
And bade him sound a lay a pibroch 
C
sad to play

Upon a hill-side a Scottish hillside
             G                C
Not on these green hills of Tyrol

Chorus
C              F                  
Because these green hills are not 
 C
highland hills
       G                        C
Or the island hills they're not my 
land's hills
            F                  
And fair as these green foreign 
 C
hills may be
         G                C     F 
They are not the hills of home
C G C


Verse 3
            C
And so this soldier this Scottish 
soldier
            G                      
Will wander far no more and soldier
 C
 far no more

And on a hillside a Scottish 
hillside
                G             
You'll see that piper play his 
         C
soldier home

He's seen the glory he's told the 
story
           G                 
Of battles glorious and deeds 
 C
victorious

The bugles cease now he is at peace 
now
               G                C
Far from those green hills of Tyrol

Chorus
C              F                  
Because these green hills are not 
 C
highland hills
       G                        C
Or the island hills they're not my 
land's hills
            F                  
And fair as these green foreign 
 C
hills may be
         G                C
They are not the hills of home

Chorus
C              F                  
Although those green hills are not 
 C
highland hills
       G                        C
Or the island hills they're not my 
land's hills
            F                  
And fair as these green foreign 
 C
hills may be
         G                C
They are not the hills of home

Chorus
C     F                   C
Those green hills are not highland 
hills
       G                        C
Or the island hills they're not my 
land's hills
            F                  
And fair as these green foreign 
 C
hills may be
         G                C     F 
They are not the hills of home
C G C