The Star O Rabbie Burns

C F C G7 C C F C There is a star whose beaming ray C D Dm G Is shed on ev'ry clime. C C/E F D/F# It shines by night, it shines by day G D G And ne'er grows dim wi' time. G/F G C It rose upon the banks of Ayr, D7 Gsus G It shone on Doon's clear stream - C F Dm Twa hundred years are gane and mair, C G7 C Yet brighter grows its Beam. C Let kings and courtiers rise and fa', F C/E D7 G This world has mony turns C C/E F C/E Dm Yet brightly beams abeen them a' C G7 C The star o' Rabbie Burns. C F C Though he was but a ploughman lad C D Dm G And wore the hodden grey, C C/E F D/F# Auld Scotia's sweetest bard was bred G D G Aneath a roof o'strae. G/F G C Tae sweep the strings o' Scotia's lyre, D7 Gsus G It needs nae classic lore; C F Dm It's mither wit an native fire C G7 C That warms the bosom's core. C Let kings and courtiers rise and fa', F C/E D7 G This world has mony turns C C/E F C/E Dm Yet brightly beams abeen them a' C G7 C The star o' Rabbie Burns.