{"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":1860704,"song":"The Croppy Boy","artist":"Liam Clancy","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11414239-the-croppy-boy-chords-by-liam-clancy/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1860704?type=chord","rating":4.63125,"votes":9,"content":"*****DO NOT ADD STRUMMING PATTERNS TO MY TABS*****\r\n\r\n\r\nLiam Clancy - The Croppy Boy\r\n\r\nCAPO: 4th Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n[INTRO]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1]\r\n[tab]N.C.          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt was early, early all in the spring[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe birds did whistle and sweetly sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nChanging their notes from tree to tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the song they sang was Old Ireland Free[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2]\r\n[tab]N.C.          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt was early, early all in the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Yeoman cavalry gave me a fright[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe yeoman cavalry were my downfall[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was taken prisoner by Lord Cornwall[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[INTERLUDE]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3]\r\n[tab]N.C.     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs I was walking up Wexford Street[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy own first cousin I chanced to meet[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy own first cousin did me betray[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd for one bare guinea sold my life away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 4]\r\n[tab]N.C.         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd as I was walking up Wexford Hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, who could blame me to cry my fill?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI looked behind and I looked before[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut my tender mother I could see no more[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[INTERLUDE]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 5]\r\n[tab]N.C.         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd as I was mounted on the scaffold high[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy own dear father was standing by[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy aged father did me deny[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the name he gave me was the Croppy Boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 6]\r\n[tab]N.C.         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt was in Dungannon this young man died[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn Passage East his body lies[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo all good people who do pass by[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust shed a tear for the Croppy Boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[OUTRO]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"*****DO NOT ADD STRUMMING PATTERNS TO MY TABS*****\n\n\nLiam Clancy - The Croppy Boy\n\nCAPO: 4th Fret\n\n\n[INTRO]\nC   F   G\n\n[VERSE 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[INTERLUDE]\nC     F    G\n\n\n[VERSE 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[INTERLUDE]\nC     F    G\n\n\n[VERSE 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[OUTRO]\nC    F    G    C","chords":["C","F","G","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}