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E A E A
[Verse 1]
E A E
In barbarous times you were hung
A E A E
If you stole sheep to have something to eat
A E A E
And while you hung the well-to-do
A F#m B A F#m B A
Said, "A job well done"
[Verse 2]
E A E
Women were burnt at the stake
A E
Maybe they'd done nothing
A E
Or slapped someone
A
They shouldn't have
F#m B A
These were the crimes
F#m B A
In the dark times
F#m B A
These were the crimes
F# B A E A E A
In the barbarous times
[Verse 3]
E A E
Pointless was well thought out
A
Some lethal game
F#m B A
These were the crimes
F#m B A
In the dark times
F#m B A
These were the crimes
F#m B
In the dark times
[Instrumental]
A C#m F#m G
A C#m G F#
[Verse 4]
E A E
Mother went out to the shops
A E A E A
And left her baby indoors where she played with matches
F#m B A
The house burnt down
F#m B A E A E A
The mother went to jail
[Verse 5]
E A E
Pointless was well thought out
A
Some lethal game
F#m B A
These were the crimes
F#m B A
In the dark times
F#m B A
These were the crimes
F#m B A E
In the barbarous times
