The Longest Johns – Men Ive Known And Killed (Guitar)

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(Note: This song is largely a capella, hence the sparse chords) Buried under my feet there's a man I did meet,

                  F#
(Tally roo ti-die roo aye-ay)

He sullied my name so I put him to sleep [He called out my dead name so I lay him to sleep]

     F#            C#      F#
(Tally roo ti-die roo-die-day)

Buried under the hill is a fella' I killed,

      F#
(Tally roo ti-die roo aye-ay)

I opened his throat for he looked at me ill [He relinquished his life when he libeled my girl]

    F#           C#      F#
(Tally roo ti-die roo-die-day)

                               C#
Hidden under my bed there's a woman I wed

[Hidden under my bed, there's a lad I once wed]

      F#
(Tally roo ti-die roo aye-ay)

                   F#
She was too hard to please, harder still now she's dead

[He kept me locked in his room so I chopped off his head]

      F#          C#      F#
(Tally roo ti-die roo-die-day)

Deep down under the sea, a crew of twenty-three

    F#          G#      F#
(Tally roo ti-die roo aye-ay)

Those that see them now know from my banners to flee

      F#          C#      F#
(Tally roo ti-die roo-die-day)

{All Together} So tell all who await that our temper is great

       F#
Tally roo ti-die roo aye-ay

Those who don't heed the word cast their hand to their fate

C#     F#        C#7      F#
(Tally roo ti-die roo-die-day)

(AN: Bracketed "[]" lyrics are my personal substitutions for the lines above. As a queer person, I wanted lyrics that made more sense for me. The chords remain the same.)