{"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":2220229,"song":"The Bold Poachers","artist":"Steeleye Span","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11469511-the-bold-poachers-chords-by-steeleye-span/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2220229?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nConcerning of three young men[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nOne night in January[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAccording laws contrary[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nA-poaching went straightway[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThey were inclined to ramble[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAmongst the trees and brambles[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA-firing at the pheasants[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWhich brought the keepers nigh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThe keepers dared not enter[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nNor cared the woods to venture[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut outside near the centre[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nIn them old bush they stood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThe poachers they were tired[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd to leave they were desired[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd at last young Parkins fired[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gm[/ch]                   [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd spilled one keeper's blood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nFast homeward they were making[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nNine pheasants they were taking[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen another keeper faced them[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gm[/ch]             [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nThey fired at him also[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nHe on the ground lay crying[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nJust like some person dying[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith no assistance nigh him[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gm[/ch]                [ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMay god forgive their crime[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThen they were taken with speed[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAll for that inhuman deed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt caused their hearts to bleed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nFor their young tender years[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThere seen before was never[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThree brothers tried together[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThree brothers condemned for poaching[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]             [ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFound guilty as they stood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nExiled in transportation[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nTwo brothers they were taken[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the other one hung as a token[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gm[/ch]                [ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nMay god forgive their crime[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nGm\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["Gm","F","A","Bb","Eb"],"chord_diagrams":{"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}