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The Escape Of Old John Webb by The Kingston Trio
The Escape Of Old John Webb
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
F
[Verse]
C
Five men to guard the British rank
F C
And five to watch the town above
F Bb
And two to stand at either hand
F C F
And one to let Bill Tanner out
[Verse]
C
He had eighty weight of Spanish iron
F C
Between his neck bone and his knee
F Bb
But Billy took Johnny up under his arm
F C F
And lugged him away right manfully
[Chorus]
C
And Billy broke locks and Billy broke bolts
F C
And Billy broke all that he came nigh
F Bb
Until he came to the dungeon door
F C F
And that he broke right manful-aye
[Verse]
C
So he stole him a horse and away did ride
F C
And who, what they rode gallantly
F Bb
Until they came to the river bank
F C F
To the river runnin' wild and free
[Verse]
C
The British were comin' close on their heels
F C
And who but they stood fearfully
F Bb
Till Billy took Johnny up on his back
F C F
And carried him over it easily
[Chorus]
C
And Billy broke locks and Billy broke bolts
F C
And Billy broke all that he came nigh
F Bb
Until he came to the dungeon door
F C F
And that he broke right manful-aye
[Instrumental]
F C F C F Bb F C F
[Verse]
C
So they called at the inn for a room to dance
F C
And who but they danced merrily
F Bb
And the very best dancer among them all
F C F
Was old John Webb who was just set free
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: G
The recorded version of this song is in a key that's between E and F. Recordings in those days often
were not purely on pitch. This is written in the sheet music's key of G.
[Intro]
G
[Verse]
D7
Five men to guard the British rank
G D7
And five to watch the town above
G D7 G G7 C
And two to stand at ei-ther hand
G D7 G
And one to let Bill Tanner out
[Verse]
G D7
He had eighty weight of Spanish iron
G D7
Be-tween his neck bone and his knee
G D7 G G7 C
But Billy took Johnny up under his arm
G D7 G
And lugged him away right manful-ly
[Chorus]
G D7
And Billy broke locks and Billy broke bolts
G7 D7 G D7
And Billy broke all that he came nigh
G D7 G G7 C
Un-til he came to the dun-geon door
G D7 G
And that he broke right manful-aye
[Verse]
G D7
So he stole him a horse and a-way did ride
G D7
And who, what they rode gallantly
G D7 G G7 C
Un-til they came to the ri-ver bank
G D7 G
To the river runnin' wild and free
[Verse]
G D7
The British were comin' close on their heels
G D7
And who but they stood fearfully
G D7 G G7 C
Till Billy took Johnny up on his back
G D7 G
And carried him over it eas-i-ly
[Chorus]
G D7
And Billy broke locks and Billy broke bolts
G7 D7 G D7
And Billy broke all that he came nigh
G D7 G G7 C
Un-til he came to the dun-geon door
G D7 G
And that he broke right manful-aye
[Instrumental]
G C G D7 G C G D7 G
[Verse]
G D7
So they called at the inn for a room to dance
G D7
And who but they danced merrily
G D7 G G7 C
And the very best dancer a-mong them all
G D7 G
Was old John Webb who was just set free
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