110 bpm
[Verso 1]
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They turned him out of Beechworth jail in 1871
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He put in three long years behind those walls
For the stealing of a horse
E
Which he swore he never done
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But now he sees the sun, and turns his back upon it all
{PreChorus 1}
E
Walk softly cried the magistrate
who counted up the score
E
Walk softly cried the turnkey
as he clanged the iron door
E
Walk softly cried his comrades
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cringing on - that prison floor
[Refrão]
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But the summers on the meadow
And the wind is in the gum tree
And the Beechworth jail is many miles
behind you
[Verso 2]
On a prison ship in shackles
E
his father reached this land
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He stole one pig and for that crime he paid
E
Inside a cold dark prison cell he died a broken man
F#
And he left his wife to curse the crown while his children dug his grave
{PreChorus 2}
E
Speak softly cried the jailer
laying slop upon his plate
E
Speak softly cried the turnkey
as he opened up the gate
E
Speak softly cried his mother
F#
its been all - so long to wait
[Refrão]
F#
But the summers on the meadow
And the wind is in the gum tree
And the Beechworth jail is many miles
behind you
[Verso 3]
They told him it was over
E
And his song was damn-well sung
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They told him wild Australiad have to change
And hed better watch his temper
E
And hed better mind his tongue
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For the next time that he walked inside those gates hed surely hang
{PreChorus 3}
E
Speak boldly cried his father
from the grave in which he lay
E
Speak boldly cried his country
theres a trust thats been betrayed
E
Speak boldly cried his conscience
F#
Theres a debt - and it must be paid
[Refrão]
F#
But the summers on the meadow
And the wind is in the gum tree
And the Beechworth jail is many miles
behind you
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