Ned Kelly

110 bpm [Verso 1] E They turned him out of Beechworth jail in 1871 F# He put in three long years behind those walls For the stealing of a horse E Which he swore he never done F# 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 F# cringing on - that prison floor [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 2] On a prison ship in shackles E his father reached this land F# 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 F# They told him wild Australiad have to change And hed better watch his temper E And hed better mind his tongue F# 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