The Streets Of Forbes

Key: Dm Intro: Dm Dm Dm Dm Gm Gm Dm Dm A Bbmaj7/A Dm Dm Verse 1: Dm Dm Dm Come all of you Lachlan men and a sorrowful tale I'll tell Dm Dm A A Concerning of a bushranger into misfortune fell Dm Dm Bb A His name it was Ben Hall, he was a man of high renown Dm Dm F C Dm Dm Dm Dm Driven out from his homestead and like a dog shot down Verse 2: Dm Dm Dm Dm For three years he roamed the range and he showed the traps some fun Dm Dm A A Ten thousand pounds was offered with Gilbert and John Dunn Dm Dm Bb A Versed from his comrades and the outlaw did agree Dm Dm F C Dm Dm Dm Dm To give away bushranging and to cross the raging sea

Verse 3: Dm Dm Dm Dm Ben went to Goobang Creek and that was his own downfall Dm Dm A A For riddled like a sieve was valiant Ben Hall Dm Dm Bb A It was early in the morning all on the fifth of May Dm Dm F C Dm When the seven police surrounded him as in his sleep he lay Interlude: Dm Dm Dm Gm Gm Dm Dm A Bbmaj7/A Dm Dm Dm Dm Verse 4: Dm Dm Dm Dm Billy Dargin he was chosen to shoot the outlaw dead Dm Dm A A But the others fired madly as though they were afraid Dm Dm Bb A And they bundled up his body and they tied it to his prad Dm Dm F C Dm Dm Dm Dm And they dragged him through the streets of Forbes to show the man they shot Dm Dm Bb A Oh they bundled up his body and they tied it to his prad Dm Dm F C Dm And they dragged him through the streets of Forbes to show the prize they'd shot Outro: Dm Dm Dm Dm