John [G]Gaudie was a [C]fine young m[G]an in shetland it was [F]told
[G]Many's the crowd in [C]Lerwick [G]Town his fiddle and he did ho[D]ld
They've [G]danced it up and they've [C]danced it [G]down
as he fiddled his tunes aro[F]und
Of [G]all the played in [C]Shetland [G]Isles no better could be fo[D]und.
Chorus...
When [C]John broke the [G]prison door
The jailer had never seen his [D]like before
[C]He ran back to the Lev[G]enwick shore and wrote himself a [D]tune...
[G]Many's the crowd in [C]Lerwick [G]Town his fiddle and he did ho[D]ld
They've [G]danced it up and they've [C]danced it [G]down
as he fiddled his tunes aro[F]und
Of [G]all the played in [C]Shetland [G]Isles no better could be fo[D]und.
Chorus...
When [C]John broke the [G]prison door
The jailer had never seen his [D]like before
[C]He ran back to the Lev[G]enwick shore and wrote himself a [D]tune...
