The Dubliners – Sam Hall (Guitar)

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Sam Hall chords Unknown 1969 (as performed by The Dubliners) * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hall_(song) D G D
       D              G
Oh, me name it is Sam Hall,

        D              A
chimney sweep, chimney sweep

       D              G
Oh, me name it is Sam Hall,

        D
chimney sweep

       G   
Oh, me name it is Sam Hall,

         D                     A
and I've robbed both great and small

       D                 G
And me neck will pay for all,

       D           A
when I die, when I die

       D                 G
And me neck will pay for all,

       D
when I die

       D                G
I have twenty pounds in store,

           D               A
that's not all, that's not all

       D                G
I have twenty pounds in store,

           D
that's not all

       G
I have twenty pounds in store,

        D              A
and I'd rob for twenty more

        D                  G
For the rich must help the poor,

        D          A
so must I, so must I

        D                  G
For the rich must help the poor,

        D
so must I

         D              G
Oh, they took me to Coothill,

     D          A
in a cart, in a cart

         D              G
Oh, they took me to Coothill,

     D
in a cart

         G
Oh, they took me to Coothill,

        D                  A
where I stopped to make my will

        D                    G
For the best of friends must part,

        D          A
so must I, so must I

        D                    G
For the best of friends must part,

        D
so must I

       D            G
Up the ladder I did grope,

          D               A
that's no joke, that's no joke

       D            G
Up the ladder I did grope,

          D
that's no joke

       G
Up the ladder I did grope,

        D                     A   
and the hangman he pulled his rope

    D              G
But ne'ar a word I spoke,

         D              A
tumbling down, tumbling down

    D              G
But ne'ar a word I spoke,

         D
tumbling down

       D              G
Oh, me name it is Sam Hall,

        D              A
chimney sweep, chimney sweep

       D              G
Oh, me name it is Sam Hall,

        D
chimney sweep

       G   
Oh, me name it is Sam Hall,

         D                     A
and I've robbed both great and small

       D                 G
And me neck will pay for all,

       D           A
when I die, when I die

       D                 G
And me neck will pay for all,

       D
when I die
* Alternates: Capo II D = C G = F A = G Capo III D = B G = E A = F# Open (These chords are not in the original key) D = A G = D A = E Open (These chords are not in the original key) D = G G = C A = D Open (These chords are not in the original key) D = E G = A A = B Set8