Poor Ned Chords by Redgum

Born it, you're better off dead, at least you'll get some peace of mind
You're right on the track, they're right on your back, boy they're gonna [G] hang you high
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_ _ _ [D] 1878 [C] was the year I [G] remember so well
They put my [D] father in an early [C] grave, slung my [G] mother in jail
Now I don't [D] know what's right or [C] wrong, but they hung [G] crutched on nails
Six kids at [D] home and two still on the [C] press, they wouldn't even [G] give a fail We sing
Born [D] it, you're better off [C] dead, at least you'll get some [G] peace of mind
You're right on the [D] track, they're right on your [C] back, boy they're gonna [G] hang you high
You know I wrote a letter [D] about Stringy Patrick, [C] so they would [G] understand
That I might be [D] a butcher ranger, [C] but I'm not a [G] murdering man
I didn't want to [D] shoot Kennedy or [C] that cop a [G] lollarny gun
He alone [D] could have saved his life [C] by throwing down [G] his gun We sing
Born it, [D] you're better off dead, [C] at least you'll get some [G] peace of mind
You're right on the track, [D] they're right on your back, [C] boy they're gonna [G] hang you high
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No later than [D] Ned Kelly, and [C] they hung him in the [G] Melbourne Gaol
He fought so very [D] bravely, [C] dressed in iron [G] mail
And no man [D] single-handed [C] can hope to [G] break the bar
It's a thousand [D] like Ned Kelly, [C] who'll hoist the [G] flag and start We sing
Born [D] it, you're better off dead, at least you'll get [G] some peace of mind
You're right on [D] the track, they're right on [C] your back, boy they're [G] gonna hang you high
Born it, you're better off dead, at least you'll get some peace of mind
You're right on the track, they're right on your back, boy they're gonna