Skip to main content

Rogues in a Nation

by Traditional · posted by Muskox

How hard is it?
Favorite
Print

Ad: Want to make Rogues in a Nation sound awesome on your harmonica? Master tight single notes, rock solid bending and more with easy video lessons → click here.

How to read this tab — notation key
+
Blow note
−
Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

(2 (3) -3 (-4) 3 2) -3 (-4 4 -3 3 2 1)
Fareweel to a' our Scottish fame, 
(-1 2 -2 2 -1) 1 -1 (2 3) -3 (3) 2
Fareweel our ancient glory! 
(2 (3) -3 (-4) 3 2) -3 (-4 4 -3 3 2 1)
Fareweel ev'n to the Scottish name. 
(-1 2 -2 2 -1) 1 -1 (2 3) -3 (3) 2
Sae famed in martial story! 
(5 -5 6 (-6) 6 -5) 5 (-4 -3 (3) 2 -1 (1)) 3
Now Sark rins over Salway sands, 
(-3 -4) 4 (-4 4) -5 (5 -5) 6 (5) -3
An' Tweed rins to the ocean, 
(5 -5  7 -5 (6)) 5 (-4 -3 (3) 2 -1 (1)) 5
To mark where England's province stands -- 
((-4 -3 3) 2 -1 (1)) -1 (2 (3)) -3 (3)) 2
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation! 

2.
What force or guile could not subdue 
Thro' many warlike ages 
Is wrought now by a coward few 
For hireling traitor's wages. 
The English steel we could disdain, 
Secure in valour's station; 
But English gold has been our bane -- 
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation! 
3.
O, would, or I had seen the day 
That Treason thus could sell us, 
My auld grey head had lien in clay 
Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace! 
But pith and power, till my last hour 
I'll mak this declaration :- 
'We're bought and sold for English gold'-- 
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

Comments

More by Traditional

Oh, My Darling Clementine

TraditionalKey CFolk

posted by Bompar80

100k3.0Beginner

Man Of Constant Sorrow

Traditional

posted by Smitty

77kBeginner

big rock candy mountain

TraditionalCountry

posted by scottishbob

61kBeginner

Wayfaring Stranger

Traditional

posted by chrm1

57kBeginner

Oh when the saints

TraditionalKey C

posted by bobdylan

55kBeginner

hot cross buns

TraditionalKey C

posted by 20

39kBeginner

More tabs like this

The Scientist

ColdplayKey G

posted by ak87xc

111k
88k

"Dirty Old Town" 'G'

UnknownKey C

posted by egme

62k
42kBeginner

"Back Home Again" 'E'

UnknownKey C

posted by egme

42k
41k