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