Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
A minorAm DmDm A minorAm
Good morning, young master, it's 1882
DmDm A minorAm
Your mother is hungry, what will you do?
C majorC G+G A#A# A minorAm
There is bread in the kitchen of the big house upstairs
DmDm A minorAm
But I warn you, don't take it from them
C majorC G+G A#A# A minorAm
You'll be tarred, you'll be feathered, you'll be hung like a ham
DmDm A minorAm
And I warn you, don't do it, young man
Verse 2:
A minorAm DmDm A minorAm
Your mother is calling, she wants you by the bed
DmDm A minorAm
So get up, young master, go shake your sleepy head
C majorC G+G A#A# A minorAm
"Darling son, I am dying, and I leave it to you
DmDm A minorAm C majorC G+G A#A# A minorAm
I'm leaving, tell me, what did I do "
DmDm A minorAm
I'm dying, tell me, what did I do "
Bridge:
FF A minorAm
Boy, he steals the bread, now that's enough, and heads for the door
FF A minorAm
Man, he hears him coming, "Boy, you won't be running no more"
A#A# FF
Boy, he gets arrested and the case is tested that day
A#A# FF C majorC
Judge, he guilty makes him and the jailer takes him away
Verse 3:
A minorAm DmDm A minorAm
Good morning, young master, it’s twenty-five to nine
DmDm A minorAm
They’ll be coming to get you, well, in twenty minutes time
C majorC G+G A#A# A minorAm
You’ll be drawn, you’ll be quartered, you'll be hung like a ham
DmDm A minorAm
And I warn you, get ready, young man
C majorC G+G A#A# A minorAm
Said the boy, “I am dying and I leave it to you
DmDm A minorAm
As I’m leaving, tell me what did I do?
DmDm A minorAm
As I’m dying, tell me what did I do ”