Key: A minor
Verse 1
Am
F
Am
To see mad tom of bedlam,
Ten thousand miles I've travelled
Mad maudlin goes on dirty toes
To save her shoes from gravel
Dm
Am
So well that we
Verse 2
Dm
Am
sing bonnie boys,
bonnie mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonnie
For they all go bare,
and they live in the air
And they want no drink nor money
Verse 3
For to break my fast one morning
And there I got souls piping hot
All on the spit a- turning
Verse 4
bonnie mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonnie
For they all go bare, and they live in the air
And they want no drink nor money
Verse 5
Did on that journey guide me
The sun did shake and the pale
moon quake
Wherever they did spy me
Verse 6
bonnie mad boys
Dm
Am
Dm
Bedlam boys are bonnie
and they live in the air
And they want no drink nor
Interlude 1
money
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Verse 7
Dm
Am
My staff has murdered giants
And my pack a long knife carries
For the slice mince pies from
Verse 8
bonnie mad boys
Dm
Am
Bedlam boys are bonnie
For they all go bare, and they live in the air
And they want no drink nor money
Verse 9
The man in the moon to a powder
His dog I'll shake and his staff I'll break
Verse 10
And I'll howl a wee bit louder
bonnie mad boys
and they live in the air
Bb
Am
G#
Am
Dm
And they want no drink nor money
Am
Bb
Am
Bb
F
Interlude 2
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Verse 11
Mad maudlin goes on dirty toes,
Verse 12
bonnie mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonnie
For they all go bare, and they live in the air
And they want no drink nor money
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