{"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":1861366,"song":"Boys Of Bedlam","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11414478-boys-of-bedlam-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1861366?type=chord","rating":4.72931,"votes":18,"content":"[VERSE 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor to see Mad Tom of Bedlam[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTen thousand miles I've traveled[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMad Maudlin goes on dirty toes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFor to save her shoes from gravel.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBedlam boys are bonny[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor they all go bare and they live by the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd they want no drink nor money.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI went down to Satan's kitchen[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFor to get me food one morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd there I got souls piping hot[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAll on the spit a-turning[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBedlam boys are bonny[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor they all go bare and they live by the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd they want no drink nor money.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd there I took up cauldron[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhere boiled ten thousand harlots[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]         \r\nThough full of flame I drank the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo the health of all such varlets[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBedlam boys are bonny[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor they all go bare and they live by the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd they want no drink nor money.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 4]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy staff has murdered giants[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMy bag a long knife carries[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor to cut mince pies from children's thighs[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd feed them to the fairies[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBedlam boys are bonny[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor they all go bare and they live by the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd they want no drink nor money.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 5]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe spirits white as lightening[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWould on me travels guide me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe stars would shake and the moon would quake[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhenever they espied me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBedlam boys are bonny[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor they all go bare and they live by the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd they want no drink nor money.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 6]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]    \r\nAnd when that I'll be murdering[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe Man in the Moon to the powder[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHis staff I'll break, his dog I'll shake[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd there'll howl no demon louder[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBedlam boys are bonny[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor they all go bare and they live by the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd they want no drink nor money.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 7]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo gypsy, slut or doxy[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShall win my mad Tom from me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll weep all night, with stars I'll fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe fray shall well become me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBedlam boys are bonny[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor they all go bare and they live by the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd they want no drink nor money.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 8]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo drink to Tom O’Bedlam[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nGo fill the seas in barrels[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI’ll drink it all well brewed with gall[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd Maudlin drunk we’ll quarrel[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBedlam boys are bonny[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor they all go bare and they live by the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd they want no drink nor money.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 9]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor to see Mad Tom of Bedlam[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTen thousand years I have traveled[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMad Maudlin goes on dirty toes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFor to save her shoes from gravel.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBedlam boys are bonny[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor they all go bare and they live by the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd they want no drink nor money.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[OPTIONAL VERSE 10]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow I repent that ever[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nPoor Tom was so disdain'd[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy wits were lost when him I cross't[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhich makes me go thus chain'd[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBedlam boys are bonny[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor they all go bare and they live by the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd they want no drink nor money.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[OPTIONAL VERSE 11]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy horn is made of thunder[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI stole it out of heaven[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe rainbow there is this I wear[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFor which I thence was driven[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBedlam boys are bonny[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor they all go bare and they live by the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd they want no drink nor money.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n{OPTIONAL VERSE 12]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd now that I have gotten[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nA lease than doomsday longer[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo live on earth with some in mirth[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTen whales shall ease my hunger[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBedlam boys are bonny[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor they all go bare and they live by the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd they want no drink nor money.[/tab]","plain_text":"[VERSE 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[OPTIONAL VERSE 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[OPTIONAL VERSE 11]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n{OPTIONAL VERSE 12]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]","chords":["Dm","C","Am","F","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]}}}