Chords for The Wolfe Tones - The Boston Burglar

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I was born [Bb] and raised [F] in _ [C] _ Boston, [F] a place you all know _ well. _
[Bb] Brought up [C] by _ [F] honest _ _ parents, the truth [Bb] to you [C] I'll tell. _ _
[F] Brought [Bb] up by _ [C] honest _ [C] _ parents, [F] and raised most _ _ _ _ tenderly. _
[Bb] Till I _ [C] became a [F] _ sporting blade [Bb] at the [C] age of [F] twenty _ -three. _
My _ _ [Bb] character _
[F] was _ [C] taken, _ [F] and I was sent to _ [Dm] jail. _
[Bb] My friends [G] and _ [F] parents tried [F] in vain, for to get [Bb] me [C] out on _ _ bail.
[F] But the [Bb] jury found [F] me _ _ [C] guilty, [F] and the judge he wrote it _ _ down.
[Bb] For the _ [C] breaking of [F] the _ union bank, [Bb] you were sent [C] to _ _
[F] _ Charlestown. _ _
I set [Bb] my foot [F] on an _ [C] eastbound train, [F] one cold _ December _ day. _ _
[Bb] In every [C] _ station [F] we passed through, I could [C] hear [Bb] the _ [C] people say. _ _
[F] There goes [Bb] the _ [F] Boston _ _ [C] burglar, [F] in cold chains he is bound. _ _
[Bb] For the breaking [C] _ [F] of the union bank, [Bb]
he is sent [C] to _ _ _ Charlestown. _ _ _
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Now you [C] who have [G] your _ _ [D] liberty, [G] pray keep it if you can. _ _
[C] And don't [D] go _ [G]
midnight _ rambling, _ breaking laws of God [D] or man.
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For if [C] you do, [G]
you surely [D] will, [G] and end up just like _ _ me. _
[C] _ _ [D] Serving out [G] _ twenty _ years [C] in a _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ penitentiary. _ _
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 [C] to you [D] I'll tell. _
[G] Brought up [C] by [G] honest _ _ [D] _ parents, [G] and raised most _ _ _ _ _ _ tenderly.
Till [C] I [D] _ became [G] a _ snorkeling lad, [C] at the [E] age of [G] twenty _ -three. _ _
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