[Intro]
C F C G
[Chorus]
C F C
I'll lay ye doon, love
F C
I'll treat ye decent
F C
I'll lay ye doon, love
Am G
I'll fill yer can___
C F C
I'll lay ye doon, love
F C
I'll treat ye decent
F C F C
For surely, I'm an honest man
[Verse]
F C
As I gaed oot ae
F C
December evening
F C
By the watter and
Am G
The pleasant sand__
C F C
As I was walking
F C
I could hear them talking
F C F C
Saying, "Surely he is an honest man"
[Chorus]
C F C
Lay ye doon, love
F C
I'll treat ye decent
F C
Lay ye doon, love
Am G
I'll fill yer can___
C F C
Lay ye doon, love
F C
I'll treat ye decent
F C F C
For surely, I'm an honest man
[Verse]
F C
I hae traivelled far
F C
Fae Invery
F C
And doon as far
Am G
As Edinburgh toon__
C F C
But I maun go
F C
And travel farther
F C F C
When I return I'll lay ye doon
[Chorus]
C F C
Lay ye doon, love
F C
I'll treat ye decent
F C
Lay ye doon, love
Am G
I'll fill yer can___
C F C
Lay ye doon, love
F C
I'll treat ye decent
F C F C
For surely, I'm an honest man
[Verse]
F C
I will leave soon
F C
But I'll return
F C
To you, my love
Am G
I'll tak yer hand__
C F C
Then no more
F C
I'll roam from you, love
F C F C
No more to walk on foreign sand
[Chorus]
C F C
Lay ye doon, love
F C
I'll treat ye decent
F C
Lay ye doon, love
Am G
I'll fill yer can___
C F C
Lay ye doon, love
F C
I'll treat ye decent
F C F C F C
For surely, I'm an honest man