Key: D minor•
Intro 1
Dm
Am
F
Dm
Verse 1
Verse 2
C
Dm
Old Reilly stole a stallion
But they caught him and
C
Dm
they brought him back
F
C
And they laid him down on
the jailhouse ground
Bb
Dm
With an iron chain around his neck.
Verse 3
Dm
Dm
C
Dm
That her father was goin' to hang.
F
C
She rode by night and came by morning
Bb
Dm
With gold and silver in her hand.
Verse 4
Dm
When the judge he saw
C
Dm
Reilly's daughter
C
Dm
His old eyes deepened in his head,
Bb
Dm
The price, my dear, is you instead."
Verse 5
Dm
C
Dm
"It's only you that he does crave
F
C
And my skin will surely crawl if
Verse 6
Dm
C
Dm
"Oh father you will surely die
Dm
Am
Dm
to try
F
C
And pay the price and not take your advice.
Bb
Dm
For that reason I will have to stay."
Interlude 1
C
Dm
C
Dm
F
C
Bb
Dm
Am
Dm
Verse 7
C
Dm
The gallows shadows shook the evening,
C
Dm
In the night a hound dog bayed,
C
Bb
s were groanin',
Verse 8
Dm
C
Dm
The next mornin' she had awoken
Bb
Dm
She saw her father's body broken.
Verse 9
Dm
C
Dm
That one doctor will not save him,
F
C
That two healers will not heal him,
Bb
Dm
That three eyes will not see him.
Verse 10
Dm
C
Dm
That four ears will not hear him,
C
Dm
That five walls will not hide him,
F
C
That six diggers will not bury him
Bb
Dm
And that seven deaths shall nev er kill him.
Outro 1
Dm
C
Dm
C
Dm
Asus4
Dm
Am
F
C
Bb
C
Dm
C
Dm
C
Dm
F
C
Bb
C
Dm
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsDm Am F C Bb...
Dm
Am
F
C
Bb
Asus4
Capo: 5
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