Verse 1
         D                  A        D 
A've aye worked on farms an frae the start 
    G      D      Bmb6  A 
The muckle horses won my heart 
   G                    D 
Wi big broad backs they proudly stand 
    D                  Bmb6   A 
The uncrowned kings o' a' the land 
    Bm               F#m 
And yet for a' their power and strength 
           G           D        A 
They're as gentle as a summer's wind 
 
Chorus
   D       A          D 
So steady, boys, walk on 
    D              A 
Oor work is nearly done 
    G                  D          G 
Nor more we'll till or plough the fields 
    D              A 
The horses' day is gone 
    G                D         G 
An' this will be our last trip home 
   D       A          Gadd9 
So steady, boys, walk on 
 
Verse 2
           D                   A        D 
Now you'll hear men sing their songs of praise 
   G    D         Bmb6  A 
Of Arab stallions in a race 
   G                D 
Or hunters that fly wi' the hounds 
    D                 Bmb6    A 
Tae chase the fox and run him down 
    Bm              F#m 
But none o' them compare, I vow 
      G                 D       A 
Tae a workin' pair that pulls a plough 
 
Chorus
   D       A          D 
So steady, boys, walk on 
    D              A 
Oor work is nearly done 
    G                  D          G 
Nor more we'll till or plough the fields 
    D              A 
The horses' day is gone 
    G                D         G 
An' this will be our last trip home 
   D       A          Gadd9 
So steady, boys, walk on 
 
Verse 3
    D                 A        D 
And a' the years I've plied my trade 
    G      D            Bmb6         A 
And a' the fields we've ploughed and laid 
  G                 D 
I never thought I'd see the time 
       D                     Bmb6 A 
When a Clydesdale's work wid ever end 
    Bm                F#m 
But progress runs its driven course 
    G            D            A 
And tractors hae replaced the horse 
 
Chorus
   D       A          D 
So steady, boys, walk on 
    D              A 
Oor work is nearly done 
    G                  D          G 
Nor more we'll till or plough the fields 
    D              A 
The horses' day is gone 
    G                D         G 
An' this will be our last trip home 
   D       A          Gadd9 
So steady, boys, walk on 
 
Verse 4
   D                 A            D 
As we head back, oor friends have lined 
    G        D        Bmb6     A 
The road tae be there one last time 
    G                  D 
For nane of them would want tae miss 
    D                 Bmb6      A 
The chance tae see us pass like this 
        Bm              F#m 
They'll say they saw in years tae come 
    G              D         A 
The muckle horses' last trip home 
 
Chorus
   D       A          D 
So steady, boys, walk on 
    D              A 
Oor work is nearly done 
    G                  D          G 
Nor more we'll till or plough the fields 
    D              A 
The horses' day is gone 
    G                D         G 
An' this will be our last trip home 
   D       A          Gadd9 
So steady, boys, walk on 
 
Outro
    D              A 
Oor work is nearly done 
    G                  D          G 
Nor more we'll till or plough the fields 
    D              A 
The horses' day is gone 
    G                D         G 
An' this will be our last trip home 
   D       A          D 
So steady, boys, walk on