The Hangman And The Papist chords by
Steve Rostron

N/A

Key: F minor

Verse 1
Em Em 
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G G 
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Em Em 
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D# D# 6
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The village
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square stands silent,
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G G 
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with the curfew still in force.
G# G# 4
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The streets are even clearer
C C 
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Em Em 
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of dogs and horns.
Like an evil bird of prey,
G G 
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the scaffold spreads its wings.
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The people build their fires
C C 
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Em Em 
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and bolt their doors
C C 
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The mayor is giving dinner
D D 
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to the officers and wives
C C 
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D D 
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His eldest son is learning how to form
C C 
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The barrack block is host and tense,
D D 
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the soldiers drawing lots
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G G 
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D D 
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Who will be the hangman in the dawn?
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The lot falls on a young man
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who has served for but a year
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Em Em 
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His home is in the village close nearby
He shivers at the thought
G G 
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of what he's forced to do next day
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C C 
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Em Em 
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And he wonders who it is that has to die
C C 
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The full moon casts a cold light
D D 
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on the gloomy prison walls
C C 
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D D 
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The papist walks his cell, he cannot sleep
C C 
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He hears the waiting gallows
creaking
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just beyond the door
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G G 
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He prays for he has no
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more tears to weep
Em Em 
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The day begins to break,
G G 
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the muffled drums begin to sound
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C C 
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Em Em 
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The crowd begins to gather in the square
The presence of the hangman
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in his terrifying mask
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C C 
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Weighs heavy on the mind
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s of all those there
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The colonel reads the sentence
D D 
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which the papist knows by heart
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He has failed to show allegiance to the king
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C C 
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His crime is thus with God himself,
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in his name he must hang
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G G 
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D D 
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The paper's kettle high, says not a thing
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The jailer binds his hands,
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puts the blindfold to his eyes
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C C 
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He leads   him through the door,
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before the crowd
The hangman sees his victim,
G G 
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and the blood drains from his face
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He sees his younger
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Em Em 
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brother standing proud
C C 
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The hangman tries to protest,
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but is ordered to proceed
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His trembling hands begin
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to take the strain
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His eyes are blind with
streaming tears,
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he cries for all to hear
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Forgive me God,
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D D 
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we hang him in thy name
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Forgive me God,
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D D 
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we hang him in thy name
C C 
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Forgive me God,
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D D 
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we hang him in thy name

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