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Streets Of Forbes by June Tabor
Streets Of Forbes
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
A C#m F#m
[Verse]
A B F#m
Come all of you Lachlan men, and a tearful tale I'll tell
A C#m
Concerning of a good man bold, who through misfortune fell
F#m B C#m
His name it was Ben Hall, a man of good renown
F#m B F#m C#m F#m
Who was hunted from his station and like a dog shot down
[Instrumental]
A C#m F#m
[Verse]
A B F#m
Three years he roamed the roads, and he showed the traps some fun
A C#m
A thousand pounds was on his head with Gilbert and John Dunn
F#m B C#m
Ben parted from his comrades, the outlaws did agree
F#m B F#m C#m F#m
To give away bushrangin' and cross the raging sea
[Instrumental]
A C#m F#m
[Verse]
A B F#m
Ben went to Goobang Creek and that was his downfall
A C#m
For riddled like a sieve was valiant Ben Hall
F#m B C#m
It was early in the morning, upon the fifth of May
F#m B F#m C#m F#m
That the seven police surrounded him, as in his sleep he lay
[Instrumental]
A C#m F#m
[Verse]
A B F#m
Bill Duggan he was chosen to shoot the outlaw dead
A C#m
The others fired madly, as if they were afraid
F#m B C#m
Then they rolled him in a blanket and they tied him to his prad
F#m B F#m C#m F#m
And they dragged him through the streets of Forbes to show the prize they had
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