Let The Piper Play

    D                   A
The captain says he's a stowaway
        F#m                E
He must pay his fare or he cannot 
stay
        D                      A
But the people cried, "We will share
 the bread
    F#m                F#sus2
For with his music our hearts are 
fed."
       D               A
So the captain says to John McKay
      F#m                  E
"Your pipes may keep their spirits 
high
    D                A
and be for them the glowing spark -
    F#m               F#sus2
remembrance of their highland 
hearts"


[Chorus]
        E                  B
Let the piper play for the old and 
new
   A                     F#m
To warm the waves of the ocean
        E               C#m
Let the piper play with no regret
         A            C#m    C#sus2
Later remember, later forget


[Verse 2]
       D                A
So the piper plays what he knows 
best
     F#m                E
The lover's cry and the dying breath
     D                     
The drunkard's roar and the 
 A
warrior's pride
    F#m                      
The kiss of the wind and the rush of
F#sus2
 the tide
   D                      A
He coaxes the breeze to a gentle 
gale
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       F#m                E
As the Hector spreads her tattered 
sails
        D                A
And the people dance out on the deck
        F#m                  
But the captain says: "You're not 
F#sus2
safe yet."


[Chorus]
        E                  B
Let the piper play for the old and 
new
   A                     F#m
To warm the waves of the ocean
        E               C#m
Let the piper play with no regret
         A            C#m    C#sus2
Later remember, later forget



[Verse 3]
       D              A
So he pipes the ship across the sea
    F#m              E
But when at last the land is seen
    D                      A
The seas grow wild and the heavens 
crack
        F#m               F#sus2
And the tired old brig is driven 
back
          D                     A
And it's two weeks lost and the food
 all gone
    F#m                E
And no [tunes?] now to urge them one
      D                      
Their hearts grow weak, their 
 A
spirits groan
        F#m              F#sus2
And the people cry: "Now take us 
home."


[Violin instrumental]


[Verse 4]
      D                      A
Fair winds prevailed and the pipes 
once more
F#m                  E
Tore the air as they kissed the 
shore
    D                A
The voyage made, the trip survived
     F#m                 F#sus2
They bend their backs to stay alive
     D                    A
And worked and fought and loved and 
sang
     F#m                 E
Throughout new lands old music rang
    D                    A
And took its place round each new 
hearth
   F#m               F#sus2
To mend the soul and feed the heart


[Chorus]
        N.C.
Let the piper play for the old and 
new
  N.C.
To warm the waves of the ocean
  N.C.
Let the piper play with no regret
   N.C.              C#m    C#sus2
Later remember, later forget

[Chorus]
        E                  B
Let the piper play for the old and 
new
   A                     F#m
To warm the waves of the ocean
        E               C#m
Let the piper play with no regret
         A            C#m    C#sus2
Later remember, later forget