Frank Turner – Jinny Binghams Ghost (Guitar)
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[Intro]
Dm If you're heading down to Camden Town Gm Dm Be sure to raise a toast A7 To the patron saint of the waifs and strays Dm To Jinny Bingham's ghost
[Verse 1]
A7 Dm Once she was a fresh-faced lass, from Kentish Town she came A7 Dm Her people, they were pedlars, Jinny Bingham was her name Gm Dm With her husband Gypsy George a Camden coach house they did keep E7 A7 Till they hung him by his neck from Tyburn Tree for stealing sheep A7 Dm It broke her heart to lose her love when she was just a child A7 Dm So a man named Derby took the hand of Jinny meek and mild Gm Dm He was a drinker, not a thinker, daily brought his wife to tears E7 (A G F E) Dm A7 Until one Camden winter morning, Derby simply disappeared
[Chorus]
Dm If you're heading down to Camden Town Gm Dm Be sure to raise a toast A7 To the patron saint of the waifs and strays Dm To Jinny Bingham's ghost
[Verse 2]
A7 Dm She earned her reputation on those bitter Camden streets A7 Dm If you'd tarry with the Bingham girl, you'd hold your manhood cheap Gm Dm But even so the miser Pitcher was the third man on her lips E7 A7 Till one night they checked her oven, found him burned up to a crisp A7 Dm They tried her for his murder, thought they'd finally cooked her goose A7 Dm But even when the next man died, Jinny somehow slipped the noose Gm Dm He was a fugitive from justice, for love she took him in E7 ( A G F E) Dm A7 But he beat her once to often and the poison did him in
[Chorus]
Dm If you're heading down to Camden Town Gm Dm Be sure to raise a toast A7 To the patron saint of the waifs and strays Dm To Jinny Bingham's ghost
[Bridge]
F The locals didn't like her, false words followed her around Em They called her wicked woman, sorceress of some renown Gm They swore that on the gravestones of her husbands she'd grown rich E7 A7 The ribald and the righteous, they knew she was a witch F But the reason she was hated was a simple one indeed Em She had kindness for the careless, she took in those in need Gm The guilty and the gamblers, the harlots and the whores E7 A7 All knew that Jinny offered sanctuary at her bar A# C Dm No judgement for the judged, and you can never fall too far
[Fiddle solo]
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[Outro]
A7 Dm On the day she died, they swore they saw the devil by her side A7 Dm A mob broke down her door and from her chair her body pried Gm Dm The tavern is still standing, it's now called The Underworld E7 A7 And it still offers sanctuary for all broken boys and girls Dm So let's head on down to Camden Town Gm Dm And folks, let's raise a toast A7 To the patron saint of the waifs and strays Dm To Jinny Bingham's ghost