{"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":1744413,"song":"The Boston Burglar","artist":"James Keelaghan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11375237-the-boston-burglar-chords-by-james-keelaghan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1744413?type=chord","rating":4.57969,"votes":4,"content":"James Keelaghan - The Boston Burglar\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was born and raised in Boston[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA place you all know well[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBrought up by honest parents[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe truth to you I'll tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBrought up by honest parents[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd raised most tenderly[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n'Til I became a sporting lad[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt the age of twenty-three[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy character was taken [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I was sent to gaol [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy friends they came and tried in vain [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo get me out on bail [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe jury found me guilty [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the clerk he wrote it down [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        \r\nThe Judge he passed the sentence[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was bound for Charlestown [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can see my darling mother[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nStanding at the bar [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLikewise my dear father [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTearing out his hair [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTearing out his grey old locks [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs the tears came trickling down [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"My son, my son what have you done [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo be sent to Charlestown?\" [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey placed me on an eastbound train [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne cold December day [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd every station we passed through [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou could hear the people say [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"There goes the Boston Burglar [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn cold chains he is bound [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nFor one crime or another [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe is sent to Charlestown\" [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINSTRUMENTAL: [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n              [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      \r\nAll you who'd have your freedom[/tab]\r\n\r\nTake warning if you can\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd don't go midnight rambling[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr you'll break the laws of man[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd if you do you'll surely rue[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd wind up just like me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nServing up full twenty years [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nIn the penitentiary____[/tab]","plain_text":"James Keelaghan - The Boston Burglar\n\n\n\n\nINTRO: G  C  G  D  G    C  D  G  Em  C  D  G  C  G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUMENTAL: G  C  G  D  G    C  D  G  Em  C  G  D  C  G\n              G  C  G  D  G    C  D  G  Em  C  D  G  C  G  D\n\n\n\nTake warning if you can","chords":["G","C","D","Em","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}