Ewan McLennan – Jamie Foyers chords

[Intro]
F  C  F  C  F  Bb  Dm  C
F  Bb  F  C  F  Dm  C  F  C

[Verse]
    F            C            F          CFar distant, far distant lies Foyers the brave
   F           Bb           Dm         CNo tombstone memorial shall hallow his grave
        F              Bb               F            CFor his bones they lie scattered on the rude soil of Spain
           F           Dm        C          F      C'Cause our young Jamie Foyers in battle was slain

[Verse]
     F             C             F             CHe's gone from the shipyard that stands on the Clyde
    F            Bb          Dm          CHis hammer it is silent, his tools laid aside
       F         Bb           F          CTo the wide Ebro river, young Foyers has gane
       F            Dm          C         F      CFor to fight by the side o' the people of Spain

[Verse]
      F          C        F          CThere wasn't his equal at work or at play
       F             Bb         Dm        CHe was strong in the union till his dying day
       F            Bb             F            CHe was grand at the fitba', at the dance he was braw
           F           Dm             C               F    C'Cause our young Jamie Foyers was the floo'er o' them a'

[Verse]
        F             C              F               CHe came home from the shipyard, take off his working clothes
       F              Bb          Dm          CAye, I mind that time weel in the long summer days
          F             Bb           F          CHe said, “Fare ye weel, lassie, I'll come back again”
         F           Dm        C          F      CBut that young Jamie Foyers in battle was slain


[Verse]
       F            C            F          CIn the fight for Belchite he was aye to the fore
       F            Bb           Dm                CAnd he fought at Gandesa till he couldn't fight no more
       F          Bb              F             CHe lay ower his machine-gun wi' a bullet in his brain
           F           Dm        C          F      C'Cause our young Jamie Foyers in battle was slain

[Instrumental]
F  C  F  C  F  Bb  Dm  C
F  Bb  F  C  F  Dm  C  F  C

[Verse]
    F            C            F          CFar distant, far distant lies Foyers the brave
   F           Bb           Dm         CNo tombstone memorial shall hallow his grave
        F              Bb               F            CFor his bones they lie scattered on the rude soil of Spain
           F           Dm        C          F'Cause our young Jamie Foyers in battle was slain