With these Chords I follow the version of the song by The Corries.
They play it with Capo 7.
[Verse 1]
A E
Farewell ye dungeons dark and strang,
A D
The wretches destiny,
A E
MacPhersons time will no be lang,
A D E7
On yonder gallow's tree
[Verse 2]
A E
It was by a woman's treachorous hands,
A D
That I was condemned to dee,
A E
She stood uben a windae ledge,
A D E7
And a blanket threw o'er me
[Chorus]
A E
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly,
A D
Ans sae dauntingly gaed he,
A E
He played a tune and he danced around
A D E7
Below the gallow's tree
[Verse 3]
A E
Oh what is death, but parting breath
A D
On mony a bloody plain
A E
I've daur'd his face, and in his place
A D E7
I scorn him yet again
[Chorus]
A E
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly,
A D
Ans sae dauntingly gaed he,
A E
He played a tune and he danced around
A D E7
Below the gallow's tree
[Verse 4]
A E
I have lived a life, o' straught and strife
A D
I die by treachery
A E
It burns my heart, that I must depart
A D E7
An no avenged be
[Chorus]
A E
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly,
A D
Ans sae dauntingly gaed he,
A E
He played a tune and he danced around
A D E7
Below the gallow's tree
[Verse 5]
A E
So tak these bands fae aff my hands
A D
Gae to me my sword
A E
There's nae a man in a' Scotland
A D E7
But I'll brave him at a word
[Chorus]
A E
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly,
A D
Ans sae dauntingly gaed he,
A E
He played a tune and he danced around
A D E7
Below the gallow's tree
[Verse 6]
A E
Now farewell light thou sunshine bright
A D
And all beneath the sky
A E
May coward shame distain his name
A D E7
The wretch that dare not die
[Chorus]
A E
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly,
A D
Ans sae dauntingly gaed he,
A E
He played a tune and he danced around
A D E7
Below the gallow's tree