Key: C# minor•
Intro 1
C#m
B
C#m
B
F#
Verse 1
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Oh,
E
B
C#m
Know the tale of the Donnelly's Died
at the hands of a mob that night
E
B
Every child and man by the oil torch light
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C#
C#m
Jim Donnelly was no angel sure
But they burned his barn
B
C#m
Well the children cried while they
killed old Jim
Then they killed his wife
No judge, no jury, no hangman
No justice in Ontario
C#
C#m
B
C#m
Verse 2
E
B
C#m
A hundred years or more have turned
B
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C#
Well, a man lay dead in a
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C#
Port Hope bar
through the nearest door
Only one man knew what
had happened for sure
B
C#m
Well, one and all wore the
outlaws' brand
And the big bikes roared
through the Great Northland
of the law
You know, justice in Ontario
C#m
B
C#
C#m
Verse 3
C#m
C#
C#m
Blue smoke still hung in the air
No one spoke when the
cops got there
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E
B
Send us Corporal Terry Hall
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C#
They all sang a different tune
When Corporal Hall walked
C#m
C#
With his picture book
And they told him what
he wanted to know
Justice in Ontario
F#
C#m
Interlude 1
B
C#m
B
F#
B
F#
B
F#
Verse 4
C#m
The pro
E
B
but they could not hide
every single one
Save the man who actually
E
B
fired the gun
C#m
C#
It was down in London
They were tried
B
C#m
When he took the stand
to pay his debt
Verse 5
In Kingston Town they're locked
up still
When the sun goes down
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Verse 6
C#m
C#
C#m
Justice in Ontario
C#
C#m
C#
C#m
Justice in Ontario
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C#m
Justice in Ontario
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C#m
Justice in Ontario
Outro 1
Justice in Ontario
C#m
E
C#m
C#m
C#m
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ChordsC#m B F# C# E
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