D   G   D   G

[Verse]
             D                     G
Heather will fade, aye bracken will die
                 D        C
Streams will run cold and clear
         G                     D
Aye, the small birds will be going
                             G   D
For it's then that you'll be knowing
                C       G
That the terror time is here

[Verse]
                  D                                G
The woods give no shelter, and the trees, they are bare
            D    C
Snows lying all around
        G                     D
Oh, the young children are crying
                             G D
For the bed on which they're lying
          C      G
Is frozen to the ground

[Verse]
                      D                        G
And when you need the warmth of your own human kind
                D        C
You move near a town and then
        G                     D
Oh, the sight of you is offending
                         G   D
The police they soon are sending
                  C     G
And you're on the road again

[Instrumental]
D   G   D   G
D   G   D   G

[Verse]
              D                          G
Whaur will ye gang, aye and whit will ye dae?
             D          C
Noo that the work's all done
        G                    D
And the fairmer doesnae need ye
                        G    D
And the Cooncil willnae feed ye
                  C     G
And you're on the road again

[Verse]
             D                     G
Heather will fade, aye bracken will die
                     D        C
The streams will run cold and clear
         G                     D
Aye, the small birds will be going
                             G   D
For it's then that you'll be knowing
                C       G
That the terror time is here