G
(with hammer-ons)


[Verse 1]
C         G               Em   G
You fell asleep with your head down
C       G
I fell asleep saying please
C              G              Em        G
The banjos and fiddles played breakdowns
Am
And we slept like babies


[Verse 2]
C          G            Em   G
Out in the bar room you sang songs
C          G
Songs from another time
C         G           Em          G
 And when you got the words wrong
Am
I woke up and sang your lines


[Chorus]
D  Em        C               G             C
You take the high road - and I'll take the low road
G              D
I'll get there before you
D     Em         C
We'll make it to Scotland
   G       C              G                 D
Or have we forgotten what we're going there for?

C G Em G


[Verse 3]
C           G              Em        G
You fell in love with your hands out
C          G
Your hands made a peace sign
   C        G            Em         G
So I fell apart when you pulled out
Am
We ought to try to try


[Verse 4]
C            G        Em      G
Everything's broken around me
C           G
The heather dies when I pass
C       G            Em      G
The sky looks like a foundry
Am
Where my heart is metal cast


[Chorus]
D  Em        C               G             C
You take the high road - and I'll take the low road
G              D
I'll get there before you
D     Em         C
We'll make it to Scotland
   G       C              G                 D
Or have we forgotten what we're going there for?

C G Em G


[Bridge]
Bb                   F
I'll swim 'cross the coldest sea
Em                 Bb
In a transatlantic reverie
C                G                  D
Just to see your face when I wash up
Bb            F
On the barren shores of Skye
Em                  Bb
Then to the lowlands we'll fly
C             G            D
Take my hand, walk side by side
D
Side by side


[Solo]
C G Em G
C G
C G Em G
Am


[Verse 5]
C      G     Em      G
       Jamie, try me
C       G
Pour me another I'm dry
C          G        Em       G
Hold on to whatever will be
    Am
And we'll raise our glasses high


[Chorus]
D  Em        C               G             C
You take the high road - and I'll take the low road
G              D
I'll get there before you
D     Em         C
We'll make it to Scotland
   G       C              G                 D
Or have we forgotten what we're going there for?