Heather Alexander - Bedlam Boys Chords
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68.7 bpm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
The Irish pubs and the Irish fairs have their favorite tunes.
They have Danny Boy.
The Renaissance Fair, they have their favorite tune, Bedlam Boys.
This is a very favorite tune among the Renaissance Fair folk.
There are a million verses to this song.
I will not do them all here.
[G]
I decided that's one album all by [Bb] itself.
I figured, well, I'll take all the ones that are applicable to me.
Of course, anything with a fair isn't it?
Some people do it as a dirge.
Some people do it as a really rowdy drinking song.
I kind of like to do it in the fashion in which it was written.
Bedlam being the nickname for Bethlehem Hospital,
which is where they put all the crazies.
These verses are supposed to be written by a certain inmate of that hospital.
So that's how I like to sing it.
I like to do it in kind of the spirit in which I sort of thought it was written,
kind of slightly [Am] not all there.
But the sea, Matt, Tom, [G] Bedlam, 10 [Am],000 miles I travel.
Mad Marlin goes on [G] dirty boats.
[Am] What to save a shoes from gravel.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and they want no drink, no money.
I went down to see Tom's [G] kitchen for [Am] to get me food one morning.
And there I got sauce, [G] peeping [Am] hot.
A long a spit to turn in.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are [A] a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and they [G] want no drink, [Am] no money.
From the hag in the [G] hungry goblin [Am] that in drags would rend ye.
All the sprites that stand [G] by the naked man [Am] in the book of moons defend ye.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and [G] they want no [Am] drink, no money.
My staff has murdered giants and may bag a long knife carries.
For to cut mince [A] pies from children's thighs [Am] and feed them to the fairy.
Still I sing, Bonnie, [C] boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air [G] and they want no [Am] drink, no money.
The spirits white as lightning would on me travels guide me.
The stars would [G] shake and the moon would quake [Am] whenever they spied me.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and they want [G] no drink, [Am] no money.
And when the child be [G] murderin', [Am] the man in the moon to a powder.
His staff will break and his dog [G] I'll shake.
[Am] And no hell, no demon lad.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and they want no drink, no money.
For to see Matt Tom [G] of Bedlam, [Am] ten thousand years I traveled.
Matt Maudlin goes on [G] dirty toes.
[Am] For to save her shoes from gravel.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and they want no drink, no money.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go [Em] bare and they live by the air and they [G] want no [Am] drink, no money.
[N]
They have Danny Boy.
The Renaissance Fair, they have their favorite tune, Bedlam Boys.
This is a very favorite tune among the Renaissance Fair folk.
There are a million verses to this song.
I will not do them all here.
[G]
I decided that's one album all by [Bb] itself.
I figured, well, I'll take all the ones that are applicable to me.
Of course, anything with a fair isn't it?
Some people do it as a dirge.
Some people do it as a really rowdy drinking song.
I kind of like to do it in the fashion in which it was written.
Bedlam being the nickname for Bethlehem Hospital,
which is where they put all the crazies.
These verses are supposed to be written by a certain inmate of that hospital.
So that's how I like to sing it.
I like to do it in kind of the spirit in which I sort of thought it was written,
kind of slightly [Am] not all there.
But the sea, Matt, Tom, [G] Bedlam, 10 [Am],000 miles I travel.
Mad Marlin goes on [G] dirty boats.
[Am] What to save a shoes from gravel.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and they want no drink, no money.
I went down to see Tom's [G] kitchen for [Am] to get me food one morning.
And there I got sauce, [G] peeping [Am] hot.
A long a spit to turn in.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are [A] a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and they [G] want no drink, [Am] no money.
From the hag in the [G] hungry goblin [Am] that in drags would rend ye.
All the sprites that stand [G] by the naked man [Am] in the book of moons defend ye.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and [G] they want no [Am] drink, no money.
My staff has murdered giants and may bag a long knife carries.
For to cut mince [A] pies from children's thighs [Am] and feed them to the fairy.
Still I sing, Bonnie, [C] boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air [G] and they want no [Am] drink, no money.
The spirits white as lightning would on me travels guide me.
The stars would [G] shake and the moon would quake [Am] whenever they spied me.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and they want [G] no drink, [Am] no money.
And when the child be [G] murderin', [Am] the man in the moon to a powder.
His staff will break and his dog [G] I'll shake.
[Am] And no hell, no demon lad.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and they want no drink, no money.
For to see Matt Tom [G] of Bedlam, [Am] ten thousand years I traveled.
Matt Maudlin goes on [G] dirty toes.
[Am] For to save her shoes from gravel.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and they want no drink, no money.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go [Em] bare and they live by the air and they [G] want no [Am] drink, no money.
[N]
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The Irish pubs and the Irish fairs have their favorite tunes.
They have Danny Boy.
The Renaissance Fair, they have their favorite tune, Bedlam Boys.
_ _ This is a very favorite tune among the Renaissance Fair folk.
There are a million verses to this song.
I will not do them all here.
[G] _
I decided that's one album all by [Bb] itself.
I figured, well, I'll take all the ones that are applicable to me.
Of course, anything with a fair isn't it?
Some people do it as a dirge.
Some people do it as a really rowdy drinking song.
I kind of like to do it in the fashion in which it was written.
Bedlam being the nickname for Bethlehem Hospital,
which is where they put all the crazies. _
These verses are supposed to be written by a certain inmate of that hospital. _
So that's how I like to sing it.
I like to do it in kind of the spirit in which I sort of thought it was written,
kind of slightly [Am] not all there. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ But the sea, Matt, Tom, [G] Bedlam, 10 [Am],000 miles I travel.
Mad Marlin goes on [G] dirty boats.
[Am] What to save a shoes from gravel.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and they want no drink, no money.
_ _ _ I went down to see Tom's [G] kitchen for [Am] to get me food one morning.
And there I got sauce, [G] peeping [Am] hot.
A long a spit to turn in.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are [A] a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and they [G] want no drink, [Am] no money.
_ _ _ _ From the hag in the [G] hungry goblin [Am] that in drags would rend ye.
All the sprites that stand [G] by the naked man [Am] in the book of moons defend ye.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and [G] they want no [Am] drink, no money.
_ _ _ My staff has murdered giants and may bag a long knife carries.
For to cut mince [A] pies from children's thighs [Am] and feed them to the fairy.
Still I sing, Bonnie, [C] boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air [G] and they want no [Am] drink, no money.
_ _ _ The spirits white as lightning would on me travels guide me.
The stars would [G] shake and the moon would quake [Am] whenever they spied me.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and they want [G] no drink, [Am] no money.
_ _ _ _ And when the child be [G] murderin', [Am] the man in the moon to a powder.
His staff will break and his dog [G] I'll shake.
[Am] And no hell, no demon lad.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and they want no drink, no money.
_ _ _ _ For to see Matt Tom [G] of Bedlam, [Am] ten thousand years I traveled.
Matt Maudlin goes on [G] dirty toes.
[Am] For to save her shoes from gravel.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and they want no drink, no money.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go [Em] bare and they live by the air and they [G] want no [Am] drink, no money.
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
They have Danny Boy.
The Renaissance Fair, they have their favorite tune, Bedlam Boys.
_ _ This is a very favorite tune among the Renaissance Fair folk.
There are a million verses to this song.
I will not do them all here.
[G] _
I decided that's one album all by [Bb] itself.
I figured, well, I'll take all the ones that are applicable to me.
Of course, anything with a fair isn't it?
Some people do it as a dirge.
Some people do it as a really rowdy drinking song.
I kind of like to do it in the fashion in which it was written.
Bedlam being the nickname for Bethlehem Hospital,
which is where they put all the crazies. _
These verses are supposed to be written by a certain inmate of that hospital. _
So that's how I like to sing it.
I like to do it in kind of the spirit in which I sort of thought it was written,
kind of slightly [Am] not all there. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ But the sea, Matt, Tom, [G] Bedlam, 10 [Am],000 miles I travel.
Mad Marlin goes on [G] dirty boats.
[Am] What to save a shoes from gravel.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and they want no drink, no money.
_ _ _ I went down to see Tom's [G] kitchen for [Am] to get me food one morning.
And there I got sauce, [G] peeping [Am] hot.
A long a spit to turn in.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are [A] a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and they [G] want no drink, [Am] no money.
_ _ _ _ From the hag in the [G] hungry goblin [Am] that in drags would rend ye.
All the sprites that stand [G] by the naked man [Am] in the book of moons defend ye.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and [G] they want no [Am] drink, no money.
_ _ _ My staff has murdered giants and may bag a long knife carries.
For to cut mince [A] pies from children's thighs [Am] and feed them to the fairy.
Still I sing, Bonnie, [C] boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air [G] and they want no [Am] drink, no money.
_ _ _ The spirits white as lightning would on me travels guide me.
The stars would [G] shake and the moon would quake [Am] whenever they spied me.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and they want [G] no drink, [Am] no money.
_ _ _ _ And when the child be [G] murderin', [Am] the man in the moon to a powder.
His staff will break and his dog [G] I'll shake.
[Am] And no hell, no demon lad.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and they want no drink, no money.
_ _ _ _ For to see Matt Tom [G] of Bedlam, [Am] ten thousand years I traveled.
Matt Maudlin goes on [G] dirty toes.
[Am] For to save her shoes from gravel.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go bare and they live by the air and they want no drink, no money.
Still I sing, Bonnie, boys, Bonnie, mad boys.
Bedlam boys are a bonnie.
For they all go [Em] bare and they live by the air and they [G] want no [Am] drink, no money.
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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