{"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":2146753,"song":"The Unfortunate Miss Bailey","artist":"The Kingston Trio","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2146753-the-unfortunate-miss-bailey-chords-by-the-kingston-trio/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2146753?type=chord","rating":0.11339,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n(Spoken)\r\nN.C.\r\nIn seventeen forty-two, it was customary in the township of Halifax\r\nN.C.\r\nfor a gentleman to partake occasionally of Ratafia which was a light-\r\nN.C.\r\nflavoured liqueur of amazing potency, which originated in Middlesex\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand which we suppose is the reason for this song[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, Miss Bailey![/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUnfortunate, Miss Bailey![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA captain bold in Halifax, who dwelt in country quarters[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSeduced a maid, who hanged herself, one Monday in her garters[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHis wicked conscience smited him, he lost his stomach daily[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe took to drinking Ratafia and thought upon Miss Bailey[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, Miss Bailey![/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUnfortunate, Miss Bailey![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOne night betimes he went to bed, for he had caught the fever[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSaid he, \"I am a handsome man and I'm a gay deceiver\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHis candle, just a twelve o'clock, began to burn quite palely[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA ghost stepped up to his bedside and said, \"Behold, Miss Bailey!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, Miss Bailey![/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUnfortunate, Miss Bailey![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Avast, Miss Bailey,\" then he cried, \"you can't affright me, really\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Dear Captain Smith,\" the ghost replied, \"you used me ungenteelly[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe coroner's quest goes hard with me because I've acted freely[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Parson Biggs won't bury me though I'm a dead Miss Bailey\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, Miss Bailey![/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUnfortunate, Miss Bailey![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Dear Ma'am,\" says he, \"since you and I must once for all accounts close[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI have a one pound note in my regimental smallclothes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Twill bribe the sexton for your grave.\" The ghost then answered gaily[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Bless you, wicked Captain Smith, remember poor Miss Bailey!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, Miss Bailey![/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUnfortunate, Miss Bailey![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"All's well that ends well, I suppose.\"[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD\n\n[Verse]\n(Spoken)\nN.C.\nIn seventeen forty-two, it was customary in the township of Halifax\nN.C.\nfor a gentleman to partake occasionally of Ratafia which was a light-\nN.C.\nflavoured liqueur of amazing potency, which originated in Middlesex\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["D","C","A","G","Em"],"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}