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