Streets Of Forbes chords by June Tabor

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
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Verse:
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Come all of you Lachlan men, and a tearful tale I'll tell
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Concerning of a good man bold, who through misfortune fell
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His name it was Ben Hall, a man of good renown
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Who was hunted from his station and like a dog shot down

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Three years he roamed the roads, and he showed the traps some fun
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A thousand pounds was on his head with Gilbert and John Dunn
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Ben parted from his comrades, the outlaws did agree
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To give away bushrangin' and cross the raging sea

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Ben went to Goobang Creek and that was his downfall
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For riddled like a sieve was valiant Ben Hall
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It was early in the morning, upon the fifth of May
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That the seven police surrounded him, as in his sleep he lay

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Bill Duggan he was chosen to shoot the outlaw dead
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The others fired madly, as if they were afraid
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Then they rolled him in a blanket and they tied him to his prad
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And they dragged him through the streets of Forbes to show the prize they had