{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1716110,"song":"Boston Burglar","artist":"The Dubliners","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11362612-boston-burglar-chords-by-the-dubliners/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1716110?type=chord","rating":4.62851,"votes":8,"content":"Key: E Capo 2 (D)\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was born and raised in Bos-ton, a place you all know well,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBrought up by honest par-ents, the truth to you I’ll tell.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBrought up by honest par-ents, and raised most tenderly,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTill I became a sporting lad, at the age of twenty three.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n My character was ta-ken, and I was sent to jail,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n My friends they came and tried in vain, to get me out on bail.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n The jury found me guil-ty, the clerk he wrote it down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n The judge he passed my sentence and I was sent to Charlestown.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey placed me on an east bound train, one cold December day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd at every station we passed through, you could hear the people say.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n“There goes the Boston bur-glar in cold chains he is bound,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor one crime or another he is bound for Charlestown”.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nInstrumental:  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow you that have your freedom, take warning if you can,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nDon’t go around the streets at night, breaking laws of God and man.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch] \r\nFor if you do you’re sure to rue, and find yourself like me,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nServing up twen-ty three years, in the Pena-ten-tury.[/tab]","plain_text":"Key: E Capo 2 (D)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstrumental:  G     A7       D                          G         A7        D","chords":["E","D","G","A7","Bm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}