The Dalesmans Litany chords by Tim Hart And Maddy Prior

Chords with lyrics

• Submitter: Donczarski53
• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Beginner

SONG:  THE DALESMAN`S LITANY
ARTIST: TIM HART and MADDY PRIOR
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]


          THE DALESMAN`S LITANY
         TIM HART and MADDY PRIOR


CAPO: 1st FRET

INTRO:
FF C majorC DmDm DmDm DmDm DmDm

VERSE
   DmDm     C majorC           DmDm
It`s hard when folks can`t find their work
    G+G      C majorC    DmDm G minorGm
Where they`ve been bred and born.

   DmDm   C majorC       DmDm
When I was young I always thought
   DmDm     C majorC     DmDm
I`d bide midst fruits and corn.

PRE-CHORUS:
   FF     Bb majorBb    DmDm   C majorC
But I`ve been forced to work in town
  DmDm    FF  A augmentedA
So here`s my litany:


CHORUS:
   DmDm    C majorC      DmDm
From Hull and Halifax and Hell,
   G+G    C majorC  DmDm  G minorGm DmDm
Good Lord, deliver me!


VERSE:
   DmDm   C majorC       DmDm
When I was courtin` Mary Jane,
      DmDm    C majorC   DmDm G minorGm
Thee old squire, he says to me:

   DmDm    C majorC        DmDm
`I`ve got no rooms for wedded folk;
     DmDm    C majorC     DmDm
Choose, whether to go or to stay?`

PRE-CHORUS:
  FF      Bb majorBb   DmDm   C majorC
I could not give up the girl I loved,
    DmDm     FF     A augmentedA
So to town I was forced to flee:


CHORUS:
   DmDm    C majorC      DmDm
From Hull and Halifax and Hell,
   G+G    C majorC  DmDm  G minorGm DmDm DmDm
Good Lord, deliver me!


VERSE:
   DmDm     C majorC       DmDm
I`ve worked in Leeds an` Huthersfel`,
     G+G      C majorC   DmDm  G minorGm
And I`ve earned some honest braaaaass;

  DmDm     C majorC       DmDm
In Bradforth, Keighley, Rotherham,
   G+G    C majorC     DmDm
I`ve kept me barns an` lass.


PRE-CHORUS:
    FF    Bb majorBb     DmDm    C majorC
I`ve travelled all three Ridin`s round,
   DmDm   FF    A augmentedA
And once I went to sea:


CHORUS:
   DmDm   C majorC         DmDm
From forges, mills, and coalin` boats,
   G+G    C majorC  DmDm G minorGm DmDm
Good Lord, deliver me!


VERSE:
   DmDm    C majorC            DmDm
I`ve walked at night through Sheffield lines,
   DmDm    C majorC    DmDm
Twas just like bein` in Hell:

    DmDm    C majorC          DmDm
Where furnaces thrust out tongues o` fire,
   DmDm       C majorC      DmDm
An` roared like the wind on the fell.


PRE-CHORUS:
   FF     Bb majorBb   DmDm    C majorC
I`ve sammed up coals in Barnsley pits,
   DmDm   FF   A augmentedA
With muck up to my knee:


CHORUS:
   DmDm     C majorC       DmDm
From Barnsley, Sheffield, Rotherham,
   G+G    C majorC  DmDm G minorGm DmDm
Good Lord, deliver me!


VERSE:
   DmDm    C majorC         DmDm
I`ve seen fog creep across Leeds Bridge
   G+G      C majorC    DmDm G minorGm
As thick as the bastile soup;

   DmDm      C majorC        DmDm
I`ve lived wheer folks were stowed away
   DmDm   C majorC   DmDm
Like rabbits in a coop.


PRE-CHORUS:
   FF     Bb majorBb    DmDm    C majorC
I`ve seen snow float down Bradforth Beck
  DmDm    FF A augmentedA
As black as ebony:


CHORUS:
   DmDm    C majorC        DmDm
Frae Hunslet, Holbeck, Wibsey Stack,
   G+G    C majorC  DmDm G minorGm DmDm
Good Lord, deliver me!


VERSE:
  DmDm      C majorC          DmDm
But now, that`s all our children are gone
    G+G    C majorC     DmDm G minorGm
To the country we`ve come baaaack.

     DmDm  C majorC        DmDm
There`s forty mile of heathery moor
    DmDm     C majorC    DmDm
Twixt` us and the coal-pit stack.


PRE-CHORUS:
  FF   Bb majorBb     DmDm    C majorC
And as I sit by the fire at night,
   DmDm     FF     A augmentedA
I`ll laugh and shout with glee:


CHORUS:
   DmDm    C majorC      DmDm
From Hull, and Halifax, and Hell,
     G+G   C majorC   DmDm
The good Lord delivered me!