Coshieville

A D The west winds blow to Coshieville A E And with the winds came we A Asus A D Where the river hugs the wood A Blackthorns bloom in May, there stood E A A single rowan tree D A So young and tender, so were you E A Asus A D I loved you both as there you grew A The day I took the road that leads E A By Rannoch to the sea D We carved our names in Coshieville A E The rowan leaves were still A Asus A D The darkening West was in your eyes A Despite your kisses and my lies E A My thoughts had crossed the hill D A I broke your heart as the minutes passed E A Asus A D For I shrugged and said, that nothing lasts A E Many is the backwards glance I cast A As I went North to the drill D The big wheels rumble up and down A E The lorries know the way A Asus A D I raised my hand, I hitched a ride A We crossed the bridge at Rannochside E A Where the diesel motors play D A Then I set myself to a cliff of stone E A Asus A D My ears to the boring-hammer's drone A E The ache inside I ruled alone A You were far away But the money moved from Erich's Loch D A And the Great Glen beckoned on E A Asus A D At Moriston the hills grew pale A E We fought and drank through Old Kintail A 'Til our money soon was gone D A E Then I cursed Loch Aweside's autumn rain A Asus A D The winter whisky in Dun---blane A E 'Til the west winds rose in the spring again A And my heart leapt at its song A D I came at night to Coshieville A E A dozen hills of flame A Asus A D You had another hand to hold A E Beneath the names we carved of old A There was another name D A E You looked me through, you made no sign A Asus A D I drank the cup of bitter wine A E For well we knew the fault was mine A And I went the road I came