Johnny Cope Cifras

[Intro]
Am
 
{Verse]
Am
Cope sent a challenge frae Dunbar
         G
Saying, "Charlie meet me an' ye daur
    C          G      C      G
An' I'll learn ye the art o' war
         Am      Em     Am
If ye'll meet me in the morning"
 
{Chorus]
C
Hey, Johnny Cope are ye walking yet?
   G
Or are your drums a' beating yet?
   C       G        C       G
If ye were walking, I would wait
    Am           Em           Am
Tae gang tae the coals in the morning
 
{Verse]
Am
When Chairlie looked the letter upon
   G
He drew his sword the scabbard from
      C      G      C     G
"Come follow me, my merry men
          Am          Em          Am
And we'll meet Johnny Cope in the morning"
 
{Chorus]
C
Hey, Johnny Cope are ye walking yet?
   G
Or are your drums a' beating yet?
   C       G        C       G
If ye were walking, I would wait
    Am           Em           Am
Tae gang tae the coals in the morning
 
{Verse]
 Am
"Now Johnny be as good as your word
     G
Come let us try baithe fire and sword
    C     G           C          G
And dinna flee like a frightened bird
       Am              Em          Am
That's chased frae its nest i' the morning"
 
{Chorus]
C
Hey, Johnny Cope are ye walking yet?
   G
Or are your drums a' beating yet?
   C       G        C       G
If ye were walking, I would wait
    Am           Em           Am
Tae gang tae the coals in the morning
 
{Verse]
Am
When Johnny Cope he heard o' this
   G
He thocht it wadna ba amiss
    C     G        C    G
Tae hae a horse in readiness
    Am    Em        Am
Tae flee awa in the morning
 
{Chorus]
C
Hey, Johnny Cope are ye walking yet?
   G
Or are your drums a' beating yet?
   C       G        C       G
If ye were walking, I would wait
    Am           Em           Am
Tae gang tae the coals in the morning
 
{Verse]
Am
When Johnny Cope tae Dunbar came
     G
They spiered at him, "Where's a' your men?"
     C        G         C     G
"The de'il confound me, gin I ken
      Am        Em        Am
For I left them a' in the morning"
 
{Chorus]
C
Hey, Johnny Cope are ye walking yet?
   G
Or are your drums a' beating yet?
   C       G        C       G
If ye were walking, I would wait
    Am           Em           Am
Tae gang tae the coals in the morning
 
{Verse]
 Am
"No' Johnnie, troth, you're nought to blate
    G
Tae come wi' the news o' your own defeat
    C          G      C      G
And leave your men in sich a strait
    Am    Em     Am
Sae early in the morning"
 
{Chorus]
C
Hey, Johnny Cope are ye walking yet?
   G
Or are your drums a' beating yet?
   C       G        C       G
If ye were walking, I would wait
    Am           Em           Am
Tae gang tae the coals in the morning
 
{Verse]
 Am
"In faith," quo' Johnnie, "I got sich flegs
          G
Wi' their claymores a' an' their philabegs
     C          G     C        G
If I face them, de'il break my legs
     Am         Em      Am
So I wish you's a' gude morning"
 
{Chorus]
C
Hey, Johnny Cope are ye walking yet?
   G
Or are your drums a' beating yet?
   C       G        C       G
If ye were walking, I would wait
    Am           Em           Am
Tae gang tae the coals in the morning
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