The Dalesmans Litany chords by Tim Hart And Maddy Prior

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

SONG:   THE DALESMAN`S LITANY
ARTIST: TIM HART and MADDY PRIOR
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL:  GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


                   THE DALESMAN`S LITANY
                  TIM HART and MADDY PRIOR


CAPO: 1st FRET

INTRO:
F  C  Dm  Dm  Dm  Dm

VERSE
      Dm         C                     Dm
It`s hard when folks can`t find their work
        G           C        Dm  Gm
Where they`ve been bred and born.

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


PRE-CHORUS:
     F         Bb        Dm      C
But I`ve been forced to work in town
    Dm        F   A
So here`s my litany:


CHORUS:
      Dm       C           Dm
From Hull and Halifax and Hell,
      G       C    Dm   Gm  Dm
Good Lord, deliver me!


VERSE:
     Dm     C             Dm
When I was courtin` Mary Jane,
           Dm        C      Dm  Gm
Thee old squire, he says to me:

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


PRE-CHORUS:
    F            Bb      Dm     C
I could not give up the girl I loved,
       Dm          F         A
So to town I was forced to flee:


CHORUS:
      Dm       C           Dm
From Hull and Halifax and Hell,
      G       C    Dm   Gm  Dm  Dm
Good Lord, deliver me!


VERSE:
      Dm         C              Dm
I`ve worked in Leeds an` Huthersfel`,
          G           C      Dm   Gm
And I`ve earned some honest braaaaass;

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


PRE-CHORUS:
       F       Bb         Dm       C
I`ve travelled all three Ridin`s round,
     Dm     F       A
And once I went to sea:


CHORUS:
      Dm      C                  Dm
From forges, mills, and coalin` boats,
      G       C    Dm  Gm  Dm
Good Lord, deliver me!


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

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


PRE-CHORUS:
      F          Bb      Dm       C
I`ve sammed up coals in Barnsley pits,
      Dm     F      A
With muck up to my knee:


CHORUS:
      Dm         C             Dm
From Barnsley, Sheffield, Rotherham,
      G       C    Dm  Gm  Dm
Good Lord, deliver me!


VERSE:
      Dm        C                 Dm
I`ve seen fog creep across Leeds Bridge
     G           C       Dm  Gm
As thick as the bastile soup;

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


PRE-CHORUS:
      F          Bb        Dm        C
I`ve seen snow float down Bradforth Beck
    Dm       F  A
As black as ebony:


CHORUS:
      Dm       C               Dm
Frae Hunslet, Holbeck, Wibsey Stack,
      G       C    Dm  Gm  Dm
Good Lord, deliver me!


VERSE:
    Dm           C                    Dm
But now, that`s all our children are gone
        G       C          Dm  Gm
To the country we`ve come baaaack.

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


PRE-CHORUS:
    F     Bb         Dm       C
And as I sit by the fire at night,
      Dm         F         A
I`ll laugh and shout with glee:


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