Intro: Dm verse 1: Cope sent a letter tae Dunbar C Saying, "Charlie, meet me an ye daur F C F C And I'll learn ye the arts o' war Dm Am Dm If you meet me in the morning"verse 2: Fye, noo Johnnie, gets up and run C The Hi'land bagpipes mak a din F C F C It's better tae sleep in a hale skin Dm Am Dm For it'll be a bloody morningF Hey, Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet? C Or are your drums a-beating yet? F C F C If ye were wauking, I would wait Dm Am Dm Tae gang tae The Coals in the morningverse 3: When Charlie looked the letter upon C He drew his sword the scabbard from F C F C "Follow me, my merry men Dm Am Dm And we'll meet Johnnie Cope in the morning"F Hey, Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet? C Or are your drums a-beating yet? F C F C If ye were wauking, I would wait Dm Am Dm Tae gang tae The Coals in the morningverse 4: When Johnnie Cope tae Dunbar cam C They spiered at him, "Where's a' your men?" F C F C "The De'il confound me, I dinnae ken Dm Am Dm For I left them all in the morning"F Hey, Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet? C Or are your drums a-beating yet? F C F C If ye were wauking, I would wait Dm Am Dm Tae gang tae The Coals in the morningVERSE 5: Then, "Faith", quo' Johnnie, "I got sic fegs C Wi' their claymores and their philabegs F C F C Cannae face them again, De'il brak ma legs Dm Am Dm And I bid you's all 'Good morning'"F Hey, Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet? C Or are your drums a-beating yet? F C F C If ye were wauking, I would wait Dm Am Dm Tae gang tae The Coals in the morningF Hey, Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet? C Or are your drums a-beating yet? F C F C If ye were wauking, I would wait Dm Am Dm Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning F Hey, Johnnie Cope are you wauking yet? C Or are your drums a-beating yet? F C F C If ye were wauking, I would wait Dm Am Dm Tae gang tae The Coals in the morning
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