C
Am      F       C
When I leave this world behind me
F     C          F  C
To another I will go
Em       Am
If there are no pipes in heaven
C/G   F      G
I’ll be going down below

G7          C/E           Am
If friends in time be severed
F       C          F  C
Someday we will meet again
Em        Am    C
I’ll return to leave you never
F                C
Be a piper to the end

C
Am     F       C
This has been a day to die for
F      C            F  C
Now the day has almost gone
Em      Am
Up above a choir of seabirds
C/G      F          G
Turns to face the setting sun

G7       C/E             Am
Now the evening dawn is calling
F         C           F  C
And all the hills are burning red
Em          Am      C/G
And before the night comes falling
F                        C  C  G
Clouds are lined with golden thread

C/G            F
We watched the fires together
C       Am     F    G
Shared our quarters for a while
G7     C/E
Walked the dusty roads together
Am           F     G  G
Came so many miles

C
Am      F     C
This has been a day to die on
F     C            F  C
Now the day is almost done
Em             Am
Here the pipes    will lay beside me
C/G      F           G  G7
Silent will the battle drum

C/E             Am
If friends in time be severed
F            C          F  C
Someday here we will meet again
Em        Am    C/G
I return to leave you never
F                C  C
Be a piper to the end