Kate Kelly

// Send any corrections to jdevlin@iinet.net.au! Cm So you just keep on drinking Bb and you try to forget G Cm How they strung up Joe Byrne Bb to the jailhouse door Eb Bb Like a marionette Cm He was dead for two days Bb I'll tell you no lies G Cm With the press still around him Bb making their money Eb G Shooting postcards of him through the flies Cm Eb Close your eyes Kate Ddim G and I'll sing you to sleep Cm Eb Ddim G Close your eyes Kate, your dreams will be sweet Cm Fm Kate Kelly, Kate Kelly Ab Bb Cm I'm gonna sing you to sleep Ned rose up through the mist Bb man made of iron G Cm Bb Fighting his way to the smouldering inn Eb Bb Where Joe and his brother were dying Cm Had to shoot out his legs Kate Bb and if you could sleep G Cm Bb You could forget that they cut off his head Eb G For the warden's paperweight Cm Eb Close your eyes Kate Ddim G and I'll sing you to sleep Cm Eb Ddim G Close your eyes Kate, your dreams will be sweet Eb Don't linger around here Ddim G may your soul rest in peace Cm Fm Kate Kelly, Kate Kelly Ab Bb Cm I'm gonna sing you to sleep Cm Bb G C Bb Eb G Cm Now you do horse tricks Bb in a wild west show G Cm Sharp-shooting Kate Bb the last of the Kellys Eb Bb Now the queen of a rodeo Cm Was Joe your lover? Bb Did he send you some word? G Cm A friend to your brothers Bb all the way to the end Eb Where as brothers-in-arms G they would fall Cm Eb Close your eyes Kate Ddim G and I'll sing you to sleep Cm Eb Ddim G Close your eyes Kate, your dreams will be sweet Cm Fm Kate Kelly, Kate Kelly Ab Bb I'm gonna sing you to sleep Cm Fm Kate Kelly, Kate Kelly Ab Bb Cm I'm gonna sing you to sleep Just keep on drinking Bb you try to forget G Cm How they strung up Joe Byrne Bb to the jailhouse door Eb G Like a marionette