{"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":2885654,"song":"The Dalesmans Litany","artist":"Christy Moore","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11650014-the-dalesmans-litany-chords-by-christy-moore/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2885654?type=chord","rating":4.80984,"votes":4,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's hard when folks can't get their work where they've been bred and born[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen I was young I used to think I'd bide my time 'mid the roots and the corn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I've been forced to flee the town so here's my litany[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFrom Hull and Halifax and Hell good Lord deliver me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen I was courting Mary Anne the auld squire he said one day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI've got no room for wedded folk choose to wed or stay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI could not leave the girl I loved so town we had to flee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFrom Hull and Halifax and Hell good Lord deliver me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI've worked in Leeds and Huddersfield where I've addled honest brass[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn Bradford, Keightley, Rotherham, I've kept my bairns and lass[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've travelled all three ridings round and once I've been to sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFrom Hull and Halifax and Hell good Lord deliver me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI've been through Sheffield lanes at night 'twere just like being in hell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe furnaces thrust out tongues of flame that roared like wind o'er the fell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've sammed up coal in Barnsley pit with muck up to my knee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFrom Hull and Halifax and Hell good Lord deliver me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI've seen grey fog creep o'er Leeds Brig as thick as Bastille soup[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI've been where folks are stowed away like rabbits in a coup[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've seen snow fall on Bradford Beck as black as ebony[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFrom Hull and Halifax and Hell good Lord deliver me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut now my children all have flown to the country I'll go back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere'll be forty miles of heathery moor 'twixt me and the coal pit slack[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd oft at night as I sit round the fire I'll think of the misery[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFrom Hull and Halifax and Hell good lord deliver me[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]","chords":["Am","G","Em","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]}}}