Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman chords by Fairport Convention

E      Bm      D      A        E
Won’t you rise for the hangman, his pleasure is that you should rise
            Bm     D     E  Bm A D E
He’s the judge and the jury at the jester’s assize
         Bm      D    A       E
Poor Will on the gallows tree never a cruel word did say
     Bm         D      E  Bm A D E
Oh that a young man should be treated this way

Chorus:
F#m    F#    Bm         F#m     A    E
Run to me mother of anyone’s child and tell me the revelry planned
F#m    F#     Bm           F#m     A      E
Judges and barristers, clerks at the law, his show is the best in the land
F#m          A    E      F#m     A      E
Here’s a toast to the Jolly Hangman, he’ll hang you the best that he can
F#m          A
Here’s a toast to the Jolly

Instrumental: Em D C Bm A G  F#m G#m A  F#m G#m A Bm

No purse for a champion, no true love come over the stile
The debt of a poor man, he’ll pay in awhile
Poor ladies, poor gentleman, born of a sorry degree
Will you laugh for the hangman when he comes for his fee?

Chorus



by: José Duarte