William Bloat chords by The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
G+G            C majorC
In a mean abode on the Shankill Road
     G+G    D MajorD    G+G
Lived a man named William Bloat
   C majorC       G+G      E minorEm
He had a wife, the bane of his life
    G+G      D MajorD
Who always got his goat
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So one day at dawn, with her nightdress on
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He slit her bloody throat

Verse 2:
G+G            C majorC
With a razor gash he settled her hash
  G+G     D MajorD    G+G
and never was crime so quick
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but the steady drip on the pillowslip
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of her lifeblood made him sick
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And the pool of gore on the bedroom floor
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grew clotted and cold and thick

Verse 3:
G+G           C majorC
Now, he was glad that he'd done what he had
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As she lay there stiff and still
   C majorC          G+G   E minorEm
'Til suddenly awe of the angry law
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Filled his soul with an awful chill
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And to finish the fun so well begun
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He decided himself to kill

Verse 4:
G+G               C majorC
So he took the sheet from his wife's cold feet
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And he twisted it into a rope
    C majorC           G+G   E minorEm
And he hanged himself from the pantry shelf
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'Twas an easy end, let's hope
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With his dying breath and he facing death
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He solemnly cursed the Pope

Verse 5:
G+G               C majorC
But the strangest turn of the whole concern
  G+G   D MajorD  G+G
Is only just beginning
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He went to hell, but his wife got well
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And she's still alive and sinning
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For the razor blade was British-made
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But the rope was Belfast linen