Is There For Honest Poverty

   G                C    D
Is there for honest poverty
     G                  C
That hings his head an' a' that?
    G                C        D
The coward slave, we pass him by
   G                D
We dare be pair for a' that
    G            C  D
For a' that, an' a' that
    G                 C
Our toils obscure an' a' that
    G               C
The rank is but the guinea's stamp
    G         C        D
The man's the gowd for a' that

[Verse]
    G                C       D
But though on hamely fare we dine
     G               C
Wear hoddin gray an' a' that?
    G                     C            D
Gie fools their silks and knaves their wine
  G               D
A man's a man for a' that
    G            C  D
For a' that, an' a' that
      G               C
Their tinsel show an' a' that
    G                 C
The honest man though e'er sae poor
   G       C       D        G  C  G  C
Is king o' men for a' that

[Verse]
   G              C      D
Ye see yon birkie ca'd a lord
    G                     C
Wha struts an' stares an' a' that?
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Though hundreds worship at his word
     G              D
He's but a cuif for a' that
    G            C  D
For a' that, an' a' that
    G                  C
His ribband, star, an' a' that
    G          C
The man o' independent mind
   G         C         D
He looks an' laughs at a' that

[Verse]
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A prince can mak a belted knight
  G                  C
A marquis, duke, an' a' that
       G             C        D
But an honest man's aboon his might
     G               D
Guid faith, he mauna fa' that
    G            C  D
For a' that, an' a' that
      G             C
Their dignities an' a' that
    G                 C
The pith o' sense an' pride o' worth
    G      C         D
Are higher rank than a' that

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[Verse]
     A                 D       E
Then let us pray, that come it may
   A                D
As come it will for a' that
     A                    D      E
That sense and worth o'er a' the earth
      A                 E
Shall bear the gree an' a' that
    A            D  E
For a' that, an' a' that
     A              D
It's comin' yet for a' that
     A              D
That man to man the world o'er
      A        D      E
Shall brithers be for a' that