Go Down Ye Murderers chords by Ewan MacColl

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Verse 1
Em 
 (E minor) Tim Evans was a prisoner,
D 
Fast  (D major) in his prison cell
Em 
And  (E minor) those who read about his crimes,
G 
B 
They  (G major) damned his soul to  (B major) hell,
Em 
Sayin', ""Go  (E minor) down,
D 
Em 
you  (D major) murderer, go  (E minor) down.""

Verse 2
Em 
For the  (E minor) murder of his own dear wife
D 
And the  (D major) killing of his own child
Em 
The  (E minor) jury found him guilty
G 
B 
And the  (G major) hangin' judge, he smiled.  (B major) 
Em 
Sayin', ""Go  (E minor) down,
D 
Em 
you  (D major) murderer, go  (E minor) down.""

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Verse 3

Tim Evans pleaded innocent

And he swore by Him on high,

That he never killed his own dear wife

Nor caused his child to die.

Sayin', ""Go down, you murderer,

go down.""

Verse 4
Em 
The governor  (E minor) came in one day
D 
And the chaplain  (D major) by his side,
Em 
Said,  (E minor) ""Your appeal has
been turned down,
G 
B 
Pre (G major) pare yourself to die.""  (B major) 
Em 
Sayin', ""Go  (E minor) down,
D 
Em 
you  (D major) murderer, go  (E minor) down.""

Verse 5
Em 
They  (E minor) moved him out of C-block
D 
To To his  (D major) final flowery dell,
B 
Em 
 (B major) And  (E minor) day and night two screws
were there
G 
And they  (G major) never left his cell.
B 
Em 
D 
 (B major) Sayin', ""Go  (E minor) down, you  (D major) murderer,
Em 
go  (E minor) down.""

Verse 6
Em 
Sometimes  (E minor) they played
draughts with him
D 
And solo  (D major) and pontoon,
Em 
To stop  (E minor) him brooding on the rope
G 
B 
That  (G major) was to be his  (B major) doom.
Em 
D 
Sayin', ""Go  (E minor) down, you  (D major) murderer,
Em 
go  (E minor) down.""

Verse 7
Em 
They brought  (E minor) his grub in on a tray,
D 
B 
There was  (D major) eggs and meat and  (B major) ham,
Em 
And  (E minor) all the snout that he could smoke
G 
Was  (G major) there at his command.
B 
Em 
 (B major) Sayin', ""Go  (E minor) down,
D 
Em 
you  (D major) murderer, go  (E minor) down.""

Verse 8
Em 
Tim  (E minor) Evans walked in the prison yard
D 
And the  (D major) screws, they walked behind
Em 
And he  (E minor) saw the sky above the wall
G 
B 
But he  (G major) knew no peace of mind.  (B major) 
Em 
D 
Sayin', ""Go  (E minor) down, you  (D major) murderer,
Em 
go  (E minor) down.""

Verse 9
Em 
They came  (E minor) for him at eight
o'clock
D 
And the chaplain  (D major) read a prayer
Em 
And  (E minor) then they marched him
to that place
G 
B 
Where the  (G major) hangman did pre (B major) pare.
Em 
D 
Sayin', ""Go  (E minor) down, you  (D major) murderer,
Em 
go  (E minor) down.""

Verse 10
Em 
The rope  (E minor) was fixed around his neck
D 
And a  (D major) washer behind his ear.
Em 
The  (E minor) prison bell was tolling
G 
But Tim  (G major) Evans did not hear.
B 
Em 
D 
 (B major) Sayin', ""Go  (E minor) down, you  (D major) murderer,
Em 
go  (E minor) down.""

Verse 11
Em 
A thousand  (E minor) lags were cursing
D 
And a-banging on  (D major) on the doors
Em 
 (E minor) But Evans couldn't hear them,
G 
He was  (G major) deaf for ever more.
B 
Em 
D 
 (B major) Sayin', ""Go  (E minor) down, you  (D major) murderer,
Em 
go  (E minor) down.""

Verse 12
D 
B 
 (D major)  (B major) 
Em 
They sent  (E minor) Tim Evans to the drop
G 
B 
For a  (G major) crime he did not  (B major) do.
Em 
It was Christy was the murderer (E minor) 
And the judge and jury too.
Sayin', ""Go down,
D 
Em 
you  (D major) murderers, go  (E minor) down.""