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RE LA SOL RE
Eighteen-hundred & 78 was the year I remeber so well
RE LA SOL RE
they put my father in an early grave and slung my mother in gaol
RE LA
now I don't know whats right or wrong
SOL RE
but they hung Christ on nails
RE LA
6 kids at home & 2 still on the breast
SOL RE
they wouldn't even give us bail
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RE LA
Poor Ned, you're better off dead
SOL RE
at least you'll get some peace of mind
RE
you're out on the track
LA
they're right on your back
SOL SOL
boy they're gonna hang you high )
You know I wrote a letter 'bout Stringy-Bark Creek
so they would understand
that I might be a bushranger
but I'm not a murdering man
I didn't want to shoot Kennedy
or that copper Lonnigan
he alone could have saved his life
by throwing down his gun
CHORUS
You know they took Ned Kelly
& they hung him in the Melbourne gaol
he fought so very bravely
dressed in iron mail
& no man single handed
can hope to break the bars
there's a thousand like Ned Kelly
who'll hoist the flag of stars
we sing...CHORUS
alternative keys - C G F C
or - G D C G
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