Key: C minor
Verse 1
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G
C
D
Am
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C
It was Hanky the Squire,
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Am
as I've heard men say,
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Dsus4
D
Rode out here hunting on one Saturday.
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D
They hunted all day,
Dsus4
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Am
but nothing they found,
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C
But a poor murdered woman
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Am
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C
D
Am
laid on the cold bank
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C
About eight o 'clock,
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had dogs they'd throwed off
Dsus4
Am
but noth ing they found
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C
But a poor murdered wo man
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Am
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Am
D
Am
laid on the cold ground
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C
They whipped their dogs off
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Am
and they kept them away
Dsus4
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but noth ing they found
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C
But a poor murdered wo man
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Am
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C
laid on the cold ground
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G
C
They mounted their horses,
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Am
and they rode off the ground
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Am
and landed all around
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C
She cannot be removed
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Am
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C
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until the next day
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C
The next Sunday morning,
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about eight o 'clock
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your hearts will have bled
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C
Some cold and some violence,
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D
then into their heads
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She was took off the common,
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And the man that has kept it,
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And soon they conquered it
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and settled their lines
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Her calf in the cart, in it she was laid,
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Came to see the poor creature
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Am
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laid under the ground.
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G
So now I'll conclude,
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and I'll finish my song
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C
And this soul's not immune,
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I'm afraid I'm defunct
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ChordsAm G C D Dsus4
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