Chords for Jack Hardy-The Tinker's Coin

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_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _
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_ Come [Em] all you lads and [D] lasses near, _ [C] a story I will [D] tell to you _
[C] About a cold damp night [Bm] like this, _ when shelter I [Em] was [C] seeking
_ _ A traveller passing through
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But the [E] barkeep said to guard [D] my coy, _ _ [C] to stay away from this tinker
[E] _ How about [C] that, just brought me near to [Bm] him
_ [C] Or not had I worth taking
_ [D] A traveller [C] passing through _
[Em] Well he bought me a glass of [D] dark and stout, _ [C] to thank me for my [D] company
And [C] he dropped a penny [G] in [Bm] the glass
For the luck [Em] that it would bring [C] to me
_ A traveller passing through
_ Well the [E] poor have but their pennies [D] left, _ the king his [G] son [D] shall lay _
[C] How the king would never part [Bm] with his, _ who I part [Em] with mine most [C] willingly
_ [D] To a traveller [C] passing through
[Em] But this boy's been [E] haunted by the sheep
_ [C] It shall bring you joy or [D] break you greed
[C] Depending on the works [Bm] you do _
[C] What once was mine now belongs to you
To a traveller passing [C] through
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_ And [Em] we passed the night most [D] forcefully
_ _ [C] I sang my songs and [D] his to me
[C] And we talked of life's [Bm] brief song to sing
[C] Of visions we'd forsaken
_ _ [D] As travellers [C] passing through
[E] And the poor keep said it's [D] time with scorn
[C] Your man here will be your [D] undoing
They [G] [C] will lock you up [Bm] as sure as you are born
[C] If they hear the song you're singing
_ A traveller passing through
Well [Em] they [E] can lock me up as [D] best they can
_ [C] Yet songs can never know [D] those chains
The [G] song is sacred [Bm] as the wind
We [C] are just the harp that's singing
_ _ [D] A traveller [C] passing through
_ [Em] But this boy's been haunted [D] by the sheep
It [C] shall bring you joy or [D] break you greed
_ [G] [C] Depending on [Bm] the works you do _
[C] What once was mine now belongs to you
_ [D] To a traveller [C] passing through
_ [Em] And later in [D] a Highland pub
_ [C] With friends [G] around me singing
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_ [C] I'd chance to [G] glance into [B] my glass
[Bm]
At another penny [C] shining
A [D]
traveller [C] passing through
_ [Em] This boy's been haunted [D] by the sheep
_ It shall [C] bring you joy or [D] bring you grief
_ _ [Cm] Depending on the works you [Bm] do
_ [C] What once was mine now belongs to you
[D] To a traveller passing [C] through _ _ _
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