Tuning: E A D G B E

Runrig - Alba (Scotland) This is one of Runrig's Gaelic songs. I've included a translation at the bottom for those who are interested. [Intro] Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C [Verse 1]

^DmAir sgiath a' ^Cseoladh nan neoil ^Dm'S an domhain ^Cliath ^DmMar dhealbh a' tighinn ^Cbeo tro na sgothan 'S mi ^Dma' tilleadh gu ^Ctir

[Verse 2]

^DmAlba nam ^Cbeanntan ard ^DmNan acraichean ^Clom ^DmThairis air na lo^Cchan mointich Nan ^Dmcoilltean 's nan ^Cgleann

[Chorus]

^AmA-a-a^F-a-l^Cba ^G ^AmA-a-a^F-a-l^Cba ^G

[Link] Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C [Verse 3]

^DmAch 'se sealladh ^Cleointe is gann ^DmTha an seo aig ceann thall ^Can linn ^DmTalamh alainn ^Cnan daoine Fhathast ^Dman lamhan duine no ^Cdithis

[Verse 4]

^DmCuibhlean stolda ^Cmu dheas ^DmNa fasaichean a ^Ctuath ^DmAn taigh-mor falamh an ^CDun-Eideann Gun ^Dmchumhachd gun ^Cghuth

[Chorus]

^AmA-a-a^F-a-l^Cba ^G ^AmA-a-a^F-a-l^Cba ^G

[Link] Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C [Verse 5]

^DmSibhse chuir achadh ^Cri achadh ^DmTaigh ri ^Ctaigh ^DmGus nach bi ait ^Canns an tir An ^Dmgabh sibh comhnaidh ^Cair leth

[Verse 6]

^DmAch 's math dhomh bhith seo ^Can drasd ^DmA cur failt air a' ^Cbhlas ^Dm'San tir a tha cho ur ^Cdhomh an diugh Is a bha ^Dmi nuair bha mi 'nam ^Cphais

[Chorus]

^AmA-a-a^F-a-l^Cba ^G ^AmA-a-a^F-a-l^Cba ^G

[Link] Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C [Chorus]

^AmA-a-a^F-a-l^Cba ^G ^AmA-a-a^F-a-l^Cba ^G

Translation This flight is sailing through the clouds And the blue heavens The homeland appears like a developing photograph Through the mists as I return to land I see Scotland of the high mountains And the empty acres Flying low across the moorland lochs The forests and the glens Scotland Scotland But it's a wounding and a hollow sight Here as we reach the end of the century The beautiful soil of the people Still in the hands of the few I see the wheels of industry at a standstill And the northern lands wasted And the empty house in Edinburgh Without authority or voice You that have laid field upon field House upon house Till there be nowhere for you to be placed alone In the midst of all the earth But it is good for me to be here now As I welcome the warmth In this land that's as exciting for me today As it was the day I was born