Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman chords by Fairport Convention

Chords with lyrics

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

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

Instrumental: E minorEm D MajorD C majorC B minorBm A augmentedA G+G  F# minorF#m G# minorG#m A augmentedA  F# minorF#m G# minorG#m A augmentedA B minorBm

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