Chords for The Boston Burglar ----- Johnny McEvoy + Lyrics Underneath

_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
I was born [C] and raised [G] in [D] Boston, [G] a place you all know well. _
[C] Brought up [D] by [G] honest parents, the truth to you [D] I'll tell. _
[G] Brought up [C] by [G] honest _ [D]
parents, [G] and raised most _ tenderly. _
[C] Till I [D] became [G] a sporting [Em]
lad [Am] at the [D] age of [G] twenty-three. _
My [C] character [G] was [D] taken, [G] and I was sent to jail. _
[C] My [D] friends, they [G] came and tried in vain to get me out [D] on bail.
The [G] jury [C] found [G] me _ [D]
guilty, [G] the clerk he wrote it down. _
[C] The judge, [D] he passed [G] the sentence, [Em]
I [Am] was bound [D] for _ [G] Charlestown. _
They placed [C] me on [G] an [D] eastbound train [G] one cold December day. _
[C] And [D] every station [G] we passed through, you could hear the people [D] _ say,
[G] There [C] goes the [G] Boston _ [D]
burglar, [G] in cold chains he is bound. _
[C] For one [D] crime or [G] another, [Em]
he [Am] is bound [D] for _ [G] Charlestown. _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
All you [C] who [G] have your [D] freedom, [G] take a warning if you can. _
[C] And [D] don't go round [G] the streets at night, breaking laws of God [D] and man.
[G] For if [C] you do, [G] you'll [D] surely rue [G] and find yourself like me. _
_ [C] _ [D] Serving up [G] for twenty [Em]
years [Am] in the _ [D] _ _ _ [G] penitentiary.
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