{"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":81844,"song":"Poor Ned","artist":"Redgum","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11548631-poor-ned-chords-by-redgum/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/81844?type=chord","rating":4.61632,"votes":28,"content":"REDGUM   - Poor Ned\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEighteen-hundred & 78 was the year I remeber so well[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthey put my father in an early grave and slung my mother in gaol[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nnow I don't know whats right or wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut they hung Christ on nails[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\n6 kids at home & 2 still on the breast[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthey wouldn't even give us bail[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPoor Ned, you're better off dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nat least you'll get some peace of mind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nyou're out on the track[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nthey're right on your  back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch] \r\nboy they're gonna hang you high      )[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]          \r\nYou know I wrote a letter 'bout Stringy-Bark Creek[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nso they would understand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch] \r\nthat I might be a bushranger[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch] \r\nbut I'm not a murdering man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch] \r\nI didn't want to shoot Kennedy[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch] \r\nor that copper Lonnigan[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nhe alone could have saved his life[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nby throwing down his gun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPoor Ned, you're better off dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nat least you'll get some peace of mind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nyou're out on the track[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nthey're right on your  back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch] \r\nboy they're gonna hang you high      )[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nYou know they took Ned Kelly[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n& they hung him in the Melbourne gaol[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nhe fought so very bravely[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]        \r\ndressed in iron mail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\n& no man single handed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\ncan hope to break the bars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthere's a thousand like Ned Kelly[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch] \r\nwho'll hoist the flag of stars[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe sing: Poor Ned, you're better off dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nat least you'll get some peace of mind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nyou're out on the track[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nthey're right on your  back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch] \r\nboy they're gonna hang you high      )[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nalternative keys  - [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n         or       - [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r","plain_text":"REDGUM   - Poor Ned\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nalternative keys  - C G F C\n         or       - G D C G","chords":["D","A","G","C","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"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]}}}