Tom Bolynn chords by Oscar Brand

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Verse 1
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 (E minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor) Tom
Boleyn was a
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 (D major) Scotsman born
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His  (E minor) shoes was tight, his  (B major) britches torn
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His  (E minor) fly held close by the  (D major) point of a pin
It makes for speed, says
Tom
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Boleyn (E minor) 
Tom
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Boleyn (G major) ,
Tom
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Boleyn (D major) ,
Tom
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 (E minor) Boleyn, hi -ho  (G major)  (D major) 
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 (E minor) 
Tom
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Boleyn went a  (D major) -courtin' one night
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The  (E minor) mother and daughter,
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they stripped  (B major) for a fight
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A  (E minor) scream that scratched in their  (D major) na ked skin,
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I'll  (E minor) honor you both, says
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 (D major) Tom
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Boleyn (E minor) 
Tom
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Boleyn (G major) ,
Tom
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 (E minor) Boleyn (D major) ,
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 (E minor) Tom
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Boleyn, hi -ho  (G major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
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 (E minor) 
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One night, returning to his  (D major) journey's end,
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he  (E minor) found his wife in bed  (B major) with a friend.
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The  (E minor) weather was cold and the blanket's  (D major) thin,
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and  (E minor) asleep in the middle's his  (B major) tumbling,  (E minor) tumbling,
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 (G major)  (D major) tumbling,  (E minor) tumbling high, oh.  (G major) 
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 (D major) Well,  (E minor) went to church just
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once  (D major) in his life
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Where they  (E minor) preached against
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slaying with another (B major) 
man's wife
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They  (E minor) called it a shame and they  (D major) called it a
sin
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Keep  (E minor) some happy, says
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 (B major) Tom
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Boleyn (E minor) 
Tom
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Boleyn (G major) ,
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 (D major) Tom
Boleyn,
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 (E minor) Tom
Boleyn, my oh
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Now,  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
Tom
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Boleyn had a  (D major) mangy cur with a  (E minor) racky
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And  (B major) matted fur.
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He lay like  (E minor) dead till a  (D major) bitch come in.
It's
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 (E minor) Lazarus risen, says
Tom
Boleyn.
Tom
Boleyn,
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 (D major) Tom
Boleyn,
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 (E minor) Tom
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Boleyn, hi -ho.  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
Now
Tom
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Boleyn, he needed  (D major) a coat.
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He  (E minor) borrowed a skin from a
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 (B major) neighboring goat.
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The  (E minor) horns at his middle he set  (D major) with a
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grin. I  (E minor) wish they was mine, says
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 (B major) Tom
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Boleyn (E minor) .
Tom
Boleyn,
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 (D major) Tom
Boleyn,
Tom
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 (E minor) Boleyn, hi -ho!  (G major)  (A minor) 
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 (E minor) 
But the goat's skin itched till
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his  (D major) skin was sore,
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He vowed  (E minor) that he wouldn't
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wear  (B major) it no more.
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The  (E minor) skinny side out, the  (D major) woolly side in,
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Al (E minor) though bare -ass is
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 (B major) Tom
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Boleyn (E minor) .
Tom
Boleyn,
Tom
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Boleyn (D major) ,
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 (E minor) Tom
Boleyn, hi -ho!