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https://www.youtube.com/watch v=wVy0lPmBJ_w

Be sure to put your capo on the 9th fret, he usually tunes his guitar down half a step or so, but this for
standard tuning.

Intro:

e|----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--------0------------------------0------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----0----0---2-h-4-p-2-p-0----0--------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--0--------------------------0-------2-2-p-0--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------0-------0---------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------0---------0---------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----2-----x3----2----Let Ring---------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---3-------------3---------------------|

For the whole song, you don't play the high e, just fingerpick the chords and act like it isn't there.
Verse 1:

               Chord diagramG+G
I got a little story that I'd like to tell
                     Chord diagramD MajorD                          Chord diagramG+G
about a boy named bishop, who lived atop this hill

people called him a slow boy, said he weren't all there
                     Chord diagramD MajorD                     Chord diagramE MajorE
but he never harmed none, no, he wouldn't dare


Bridge 1:

                           Chord diagramC majorC                          Chord diagramG+G
but when the neighbor's daughter said the child was his
                          Chord diagramD MajorD                              Chord diagramE MajorE
well, the people turned then and wanted blood for his sins
                 Chord diagramC majorC                                   Chord diagramG+G
bishop tried to tell them that none had shared his bed
                       Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramG+G
but the words escaped him; he found tears instead


Verse 2:

                    Chord diagramG+G
well his father begged then for him to bend his knee
                      Chord diagramD MajorD                            Chord diagramG+G
that they might be lenient, in time would set him free

but the boy just stood there with a steady gaze
                               Chord diagramD MajorD                               Chord diagramE MajorE
and said they'd have to break him, 'cause bending weren't his way
Bridge 2:

                       Chord diagramC majorC                            Chord diagramG+G
so they came and took him, and dragged him off in chains
                       Chord diagramD MajorD                          Chord diagramE MajorE
and with the town as witness, he was forced to pay
                        Chord diagramC majorC                               Chord diagramG+G
it weren't 'til he was gone that the girl cleared his name
                          Chord diagramD MajorD                     Chord diagramG+G
and now his ghost still haunts us to this very day


Outro:
(Accompanied by humming)

Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G


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| x  Dead note
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off

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