The Boston Burglar

Intro: G C G D G C D G Em C D G C G C G D I was born and raised in Boston G A place you all know well C D G Brought up by honest parents C D The truth to you I'll tell G C G D Brought up by honest parents G And raised most tenderly C D G Em 'Til I became a sporting lad C D G C G D At the age of twenty-three G C G D My character was taken G And I was sent to gaol C D G My friends they came and tried in vain C D To get me out on bail G C G D The jury found me guilty G And the clerk he wrote it down C D G The Judge he passed the sentence Em C D G C G D I was bound for Charlestown G C G D I can see my darling mother G Standing at the bar C D G Likewise my dear father C D Tearing out his hair G C G D Tearing out his grey old locks G As the tears came trickling down C D G Em "My son, my son what have you done C D G C G D To be sent to Charlestown?" G C G D They placed me on an eastbound train G One cold December day C D G And every station we passed through C D You could hear the people say G C G D "There goes the Boston Burglar G In cold chains he is bound C D G For one crime or another Em C D G C G D He is sent to Charlestown" Instrumental: G C G D G C D G Em C G D C G G C G D G C D G Em C D G C G D G C G All you who'd have your freedom Take warning if you can C D G And don't go midnight rambling C D Or you'll break the laws of man G C G D And if you do you'll surely rue G And wind up just like me C D G Em Serving up full twenty years C D C G In the penitentiary____