Artist: | Johnny McEvoy (English) |
User: | malcolmgeorgewalker |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
The Boston Burglar Johnny McEvoy Capo 3
I D was born and G raised in D Bos A ton, a D place you all know well,
Brought G up by A honest D parents, the truth to you I'll A tell,
Brought D up by G honest D par A ents, and D raised most tenderly,
Till G I be A came a D sporting lad at the A age of twenty D three,
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D My charac G ter was D ta A ken and I was D sent to jail,
My G friends they A came and D tried in vain to get me out on A bail,
The D jury G found me D guil A ty, and the D clerk he wrote it down,
The G judge he A passed the D sentence, I was A bound for Charles D town.
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They D placed me G on an D east bound A train on a cold D December's day,
And G every A station we passed D by you could hear the people A say,
There D goes the G Boston D burg A lar, in cold D chains he is bound,
For G one crime A or D another he is A bound for Charles D town.
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All D you who G have your D free A dom, take D warning if you can,
And G don’t go A round the D streets at night, breaking laws of God or A man,
For D if you G do you'll D surely A loose and find D yourself like me,
G Serving A up full twenty D years in the A penitent D iary