Chords with lyrics
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|----------------------------------------------|
BB|--------0------------------------0------------|
G+G|-----0----0---2-h-4-p-2-p-0----0--------------|
D MajorD|--0--------------------------0-------2-2-p-0--|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------|
G+G|---------0-------0---------------------|
D MajorD|-------0---------0---------------------|
A augmentedA|-----2-----x3----2----Let Ring---------|
E 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:
G+G
I got a little story that I'd like to tell
D MajorD G+G
about a boy named bishop, who lived atop this hill
people called him a slow boy, said he weren't all there
D MajorD E MajorE
but he never harmed none, no, he wouldn't dare
Bridge 1:
C majorC G+G
but when the neighbor's daughter said the child was his
D MajorD E MajorE
well, the people turned then and wanted blood for his sins
C majorC G+G
bishop tried to tell them that none had shared his bed
D MajorD G+G
but the words escaped him; he found tears instead
Verse 2:
G+G
well his father begged then for him to bend his knee
D MajorD G+G
that they might be lenient, in time would set him free
but the boy just stood there with a steady gaze
D MajorD E MajorE
and said they'd have to break him, 'cause bending weren't his way
Bridge 2:
C majorC G+G
so they came and took him, and dragged him off in chains
D MajorD E MajorE
and with the town as witness, he was forced to pay
C majorC G+G
it weren't 'til he was gone that the girl cleared his name
D MajorD G+G
and now his ghost still haunts us to this very day
Outro:
(Accompanied by humming)
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD E MajorE C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
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| x Dead note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off