Tom: Bm
A/G 3x2222
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[Intro]
Bm G Em A x4
Bm
[Verse 1]
Bm A Bm
I’m a maker of ballads right pretty
Bm A Bm
I write them right here in the street
D/A A G
You can buy them all over the city
G F#m Bm
yours for a penny a sheet
[Verse 2]
Bm A Bm
I’m a word pecker out of the printers
Bm A Bm
out of the dens of Gin Lane
D/A A G
I’ll write up a scene on a counter
G F#m Bm A
confessions and sins in the main, boys
G A Bm
confessions and sins in the main
[Chorus]
D/A G A D
Then you’ll find me in Madame Geneva’s
G D/A A
keeping the demons at bay
A/G F#m7 Bm Em
There’s nothing like gin for drowning them in
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but they’ll always be back
Bm G Em A
on a hanging day
Bm G Em A
on a hanging day
Bm G Em A x3
Bm
[Verse 3]
Bm A Bm
They come rattling over the cobbles
Bm A Bm
they sit on their coffins of black
D/A A G
Some are struck dumb, some gabble
G F#m Bm
top-heavy on brandy or sec
[Verse 4]
Bm A Bm
The pews are all full of fine fellows
Bm A Bm
and the hawker has set up her shop
D/A A G
As they’re turning them off at the gallows
G F#m Bm A
She’ll be selling right under the drop, boys
G A Bm
selling right under the drop
[Chorus]
D/A G A D
Then you’ll find me in Madame Geneva’s
G D/A A
keeping the demons at bay
A/G F#m7 Bm Em
There’s nothing like gin for drowning them in
A F#*
but they’ll always be back
Bm G Em A
on a hanging day
Bm G Em A
on a hanging day
[Outro]
Bm G Em A x4
Bm
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