The Hero of Canton (The Ballad of Jayne)
Edited by Rev. Pee Kitty from transcriptions by johnsmusicbox and Inara78
[INTRO]
C/G______________________| C/G___________|
Jayne. The man they call Jayne...
[CHORUS]
C/G____________________________Am______________
He robbed... gave to the..
C/G_____________________Am_______________
Stood up... gave him what...
____F______________________G_______________
Our love for... hard to....
C______________________G_____________C________C/B___Am__
The hero... man they call Jayne.
[VERSE 1]
Am________________E7_____________Am_______
Our Jayne... mudders' backs breakin'...
___Dm______E7________Am____
He saw... mudders'lament...
_______________E7_________Am____
And he... Magistrate takin'...
______Dm_________E7___________Am__________________
... dollar... leavin'... cents...
Dm_______________________Am________________
"You can't... people....
Dm_______________________________E7____
"You can't... heel."
___Am____________________E7______Am___________Dm___
So Jayne.... hat and in 5... flat...
______A+_____________E7_____________Am____ (Play A+ as X03231)
stole every... Higgins had... steal.
[REPEAT CHORUS]
[VERSE 2]
Am_______________E7________Am____
Now here... separates heroes
Dm__________E7________________Am_
From... folk like... I....
__________________E7_____Am_________________Dm____
... Jayne, turned around... plane...
_____________E7________Am_
... money hit sky...
Dm_____________________Am____
He... houses...
Dm_____________________E7____
He... yards...
____Am______________E7________Am_____________Dm___
The man... Jayne, he stole... pain...
____A+_____E7__________Am____________________ (Play A+ as X03231)
... headed out... stars...
[CHORUS]
[Play final C as 032013, strum open, hold the chord for "Jayyyyyyyyne..."]
--
Rev. Pee Kitty, of the order Malkavian-Dobbsian, Q4B4L!
Meow!
"Punctuality, regularity, discipline, industry, thoroughness, are a
set of slave virtues."
-- G. D. H. Cole
