The Girl From The Highlands

Am Am C Dm Am Dm I walked out from Inverness in the fall of '23 Am With a dream for America my home Dm My pretty blue eyed Bonnie made every step with me Am Scared to death and shivering from the cold F E Am Well I promised that I'd send for her in just a little while F C E Kissed her on the cheek and set sail across the miles F G C She was standing on the shore waving goodbye F G E Pledged her love forever more with a teardrop in her eye Am Well twenty years have come and gone Dm And I've tried with all my might Am E Am The girl from the highlands haunts me every night Am Dm Am Dm Am (same pattern as verse) Am Dm To the busy streets of Boston in the year '25 Am Word had come from across the ocean wide Dm That winter in the highlands, fever spread like fire Am And my pretty blue eyed Bonnie, she had died F Am Well the guilt will live inside me till I'm drawing my last breath F C E I never shoulda left her that day in Inverness F G C She was standing on the shore waving goodbye F G E Missed her love forever more with a tear drop in her eye Am Well twenty years have come and gone Dm And I've tried with all my might Am E Am The girl from the highlands haunts me every night F G C F G E Am Dm Am Em Am (same pattern as the chorus) F She lives within the shadows E Am That fall upon the walls F She walks through my dreams C G Until the morning calls F G C She was standing on the shore waving goodbye F G E Pledged her love forever with a teardrop in her eye Am Well twenty years have come and gone Dm And I've tried with all my might Am E Am The girl from the highlands haunts me every night Am Dm G Am