A Phiuthrag S A Phiuthar
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A Phiuthrag S A Phiuthar Cifra por Julie Fowlis feat. Mary Chapin Carpenter
These chords are just by ear. This is a beautiful Scottish Gaelic song about a girl whose sister was spirited away by the sithichean so she looked for her all of her life and never found her.
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
4th traste
[Intro]
Bm A7 D G
Bm A7 G A7
[Verse 1]
G
A' phiuthrag sa phiuthar, (little sister)
D A7
Hù rù
Bm
ghaoil a phiuthar (beloved sister)
D A7
Hù rù
G
Nach truagh leat fhèin (do you not pity)
D G
Hò hol ill leò
D G
nochd mo chumha (my grief tonight)
D G
Hù rù
[Verse 2]
Bm
Nach truagh leat fhèin
D A7
Hù rù
Bm
nochd mo chumha
D A7
Hù rù
G
'S mi 'm bothan beag (in a little hut)
D G
Hò hol ill leò
D G
Ìseal, cumhag (low and narrow)
D G
Hù rù
[Verse 3]
Bm
'S mi 'm bothan beag
D A7
Hù rù
Bm
ìseal, cumhag
D A7
Hù rù
G
Gun lùb sìomain, (without a roof rope)
D G
Hò hol ill leò
D G
gun ghad tughaidh (or a wisp of thatch)
D G
Hù rù
[Verse 4]
Bm A7 G
Gun lùb sìomain,
D A7
Hù rù
Bm
gun ghad tughaidh
D A7
Hù rù
G
'S uisge nam beann (The rain of the hills)
D G
Hò hol ill leò
D G
sìos na shruth leis (streaming into it)
D G
Hù rù
[Verse 5]
Bm
'S uisge nam beann
D A7
Hù rù
Bm
sìos na shruth leis
D A7
Hù rù
G
'S mise bhean bhochd (I am a poor woman)
D G
Hò hol ill leò
D G
Chianail, dhuilich. (sad and miserable)
D G
Hù rù ùhù
[Instrumental]
D G
D G
D G
D G
D G
D G
D G
[Verse 6]
Bm
'S mise bhean bhochd
D A7
Hù rù
Bm
chianail, dhuilich.
D A7
Hù rù
G
Dhìrich mi suas (I climbed up)
D G
Hò hol ill leò
D G
Beinn an Sgrìobain, (Ben Sgrìobain)
D G
Hù rù
[Verse 7]
Bm
Dhìrich mi suas
D A7
Hù rù
Bm
Beinn an Sgrìobain
D A7
Hù rù
G
'S Laigheabhal Mhòr (And Laigheabhal Mhòr)
D G
Hò hol ill leò
D G
nan each grìs-fhionn (with its spotted horses)
D G
Hù rù
[Verse 8]
Bm A7 G
'S laigheabhal mhòr
D A7
Hù rù
Bm
nan each grìs-fhionn
D A7
Hù rù
G
Cha d' fhuair mi ann (I didn't find there)
D G
Hò hol ill leò
D G
na bha dhìth orm (what I wanted)
D G
Hù rù
[Verse 9]
Bm
Cha d' fhuair mi ann
D A7
Hù rù
Bm
na bha dhìth orm
D A7
Hù rù
G
Tè bhuidhe, 's a
D G
Hò hol ill leò
D G
falt mar dhìthein (A girl with hair like a golden daisy)
D Bm A7
Hù rù ùhù
[Outro]
Bm
A' phiuthrag sa phiuthar
A7 G A7
Hù rù
Bm
ghaoil a phiuthar
A7 Bm A7
Hù rù
Bm
A' phiuthrag sa phiuthar
A7 G A7
Hù rù
Bm
A7 G
A7 Bm
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