Key: B major•
Intro 1
B
G#m
B
G#m
B
E
B
E
Bsus4
B
E
G#m
E
G#m
E
G#m
B
E
B
E
B
G#m
B
E
B
E
B
E
F#
G#m
E
G#m
E
G#m
B
E
Verse 1
E
B
Benny the boy in front of me,
G#m
B
G#m
B
E
he was only 16, lifted up my axe and down slid his head
B
E
G#m
Like a cord of wood, not for me the old pine,
E
G#m
E
F#
not for me the ankle iron, rest in the end
B
F#
B
E
fine, fine, fine, just fine
G#m
Bethlehem
G#m
B
I was just a petty thief,
E
B
no account, no reward
E
G#m
Sent my love to my sis ter in
E
G#m
the female factory
E
G#m
B
The mother of the day wouldn't be drinkin' wine, wine, wine, wine,
E
B
E
B
G#m
B
wine
E
B
E
G#m
E
G#m
E
G#m
B
G#m
B
E
G#m
F#
G#m
break upon my stone before the night
B
G#m
B
Hushes in the chill, I have no sight,
E
B
I have no sight
E
F#
But did they bathe the streets of
E
G#m
Locked the old forest down
E
G#m
For the breast of king and crown
E
F#
Did they bathe the streets of
E
F#
G#m
E
Locked the old forest down
F#
B
F#
B
for honey, honey, hon ey, honey
Of the
Applause
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB G#m E Bsus4 F#
B
G#m
E
Bsus4
F#
Capo: 4
Transpose: 0
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