X: 1
T: Life is all checkered (D major) / Come Under My Plaidie / Tibbie Dunbar / Johnny McGill
C: traditional
O: Scotland/Ireland
R: Double Jig
N: also played in G major
N: the second part is related to 'The Battering Ram'
Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber
S: learned from the 'Life is all checkered' album
D: 1994: The Riverside Ceilidh Band: First Footing
D: 1995: Christina Tourin: Emerald Harp
D: 2001: Joe Cormier: The Dances Down Home
D: 2003: John Turner: Fiddling Rogues and Rascals
D: 2012: Jim Cameron Scottish Dance Band: Legendary Scottish Dance Bands, Vol. 1 (Compilation)
D: 2013: Ian Powrie and his Scottish Dance Band: Vintage Powrie
D: 2014: Nathan Gourley, Laura Feddersen & Brian Miller: Life is all Checkered
D: 2015: John Renton and his Scottish Dance Band: RSCDS Book 11
D: 2015: Haud Yer Lugs Ceilidh Band: Scottish Anthology, Vol. 2
D: 2019: The 60s Bairns: Recorded Delivery
N: Chords: | D  -  | D  -  | D  -  | Bm -   |
N:         | D  -  | D  -  | A  -  | Bm Bm :|
N:         | D  A  | D  -  | D  A  | Bm -   |
N:         | D  A  | D  -  | Bm -  | Bm A   |
N:         | D  A  | D  -  | D  A  | Bm -   |
N:         | D  A  | D  -  | A  -  | Bm Bm  |]
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=170
K: D major % 2 sharps
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
N: B | AFF FEF | AFF F2B | AFF FEF | DB,B, B,2B  |
N:     AFF FEF | ABA FED | EFG FEF | DB,B, B,2  :|
N: B | ABd ede | fdB BAF | ABd ede | fdB   B2c   |
N:     dcd ede | fdB BAF | Bed BAB | dAF   E2A   |
N:     dcd ede | fdB BAF | def efg | fdB   B2e   |
N:     fed edc | dcB AFD | EFG FEF | DB,B, B,2   |]
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
B | "D" AFF     FEF | "D" AFF F2B | "D"  AFF     FEF | "Bm" DB,B,      B,2B  |
    "D" AFF     FEF | "D" ABA FED | "A"  EFG     FEF | "Bm" DB,B, "Bm" B,2  :|
B | "D" ABd "A" ede | "D" fdB BAF | "D"  ABd "A" ede | "Bm" fdB        B2c   |
    "D" dcd "A" ede | "D" fdB BAF | "Bm" Bed     BAB | "Bm" dAF   "A"  E2A   |
    "D" dcd "A" ede | "D" fdB BAF | "D"  def "A" efg | "Bm" fdB        B2e   |
    "D" fed "A" edc | "D" dcB AFD | "A"  EFG     FEF | "Bm" DB,B, "Bm" B,2   |]