{"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":2202699,"song":"Two Butchers","artist":"Steeleye Span","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11467888-two-butchers-chords-by-steeleye-span/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2202699?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIt's of two noble butchers, as I have heard men say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nStarted out from London, all on a market day[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd as they were a-riding as fast as they could ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, stop your horse,\" says Johnson, \"for I hear some woman cry\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\"I will not stop,\" says Wilson, \"I will not stop,\" says he[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"I will not stop,\" says Wilson, \"for robbed we shall be\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nJohnson, he got off his horse, searched the woods all 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd there he spied a woman with her hair pinned to the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\"How came you here, dear woman? How came you here fast bound?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                                                        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHow came you here this morning, with your hair pinned to the ground?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n\"They robbed me, they stripped me, they left me here fast bound[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThey left me here this morning, with my hair pinned to the ground\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMay god keep all good people[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMay god keep all good people[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMay god keep all good people from such bad company....[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThen Johnson, he being a valiant man and a man of courage bold[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                                                    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHe took his coat from off his back to keep her from the cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd as they were a-riding as fast as they could ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nShe put a whistle to her mouth and she gave three shivering cries[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                                         [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nUp jumped three bold and swaggering men with swords all in their hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                                        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWho then commanded Johnson, commanded him to stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n\"I'll stop, I'll stand,\" says Johnson, \"as long as I can stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nFor never was I, in all me life, afraid of any man\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMay god keep all good people[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMay god keep all good people[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMay god keep all good people from such bad company....[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOh, two of them he quickly slew and the third he did not mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                                                     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nTill the false young woman took a knife and stabbed him from behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nPoor Johnson he spun round about and he fell down to the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd he cursed that wretched woman who gave him his death wound[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nNow the day it being a market day, there were people travelling by[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                                          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWho saw the awful murder, who saw poor Johnson die[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nNow Johnson he was a valiant man, and a valiant man was he[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nMay god keep all good people from such bad company[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMay god keep all good people[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMay god keep all good people[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMay god keep all good people from such bad company....[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD  E  D  E  D  E  D  E\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nA  D  F#m  E\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nA  D  F#m  E\nA  D  F#m  E\nA  D  F#m  E","chords":["D","E","F#m","E7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}