Steeleye Span – The Bold Poachers (Guitar)

Gm
Concerning of three young men

             F    Gm
One night in January

                     F
According laws contrary

  Gm
A-poaching went straightway

Gm
They were inclined to ramble

            F             Gm
Amongst the trees and brambles

                F
A-firing at the pheasants

      Gm
Which brought the keepers nigh

Gm
The keepers dared not enter

              F           Gm
Nor cared the woods to venture

                     F
But outside near the centre

   Gm
In them old bush they stood

Gm
The poachers they were tired

                  F      Gm
And to leave they were desired

       Bb                 F
And at last young Parkins fired

    Gm                   Eb
And spilled one keeper's blood

     Gm
Fast homeward they were making

               F         Gm
Nine pheasants they were taking

      Bb            F
When another keeper faced them

     Gm             Eb
They fired at him also

   Gm
He on the ground lay crying

               F      Gm
Just like some person dying

     Bb            F
With no assistance nigh him

    Gm                Eb     Bb  F
May god forgive their crime

     Gm
Then they were taken with speed

             F   Gm
All for that inhuman deed

   Bb                     F
It caused their hearts to bleed

    Gm                 Eb
For their young tender years

      Gm
There seen before was never

               F       Gm
Three brothers tried together

      Bb                     F
Three brothers condemned for poaching

      Gm             Eb     Bb  F
Found guilty as they stood

  Gm
Exiled in transportation

             F         Gm
Two brothers they were taken

        Bb                  F
And the other one hung as a token

    Gm                Eb     Bb  F  Gm
May god forgive their crime