Chords for MARLON WILLIAMS - BALLAD OF MINNIE DEAN

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_ _ _ _ _ Balcony TV! _
_ _ [N] _ Hi guys, you're watching [Eb] Balcony TV Melbourne.
I'm [F] Al and this here is the [G] beautiful Marlon Williams.
How are you Marlon?
Thank you, I'm good.
Thanks Al.
Thanks [B] for calling me beautiful.
Well, you are.
Stunned me there.
Stunned me.
[Eb] Now show everyone how beautiful you are.
[B] What song are you going to play [Em] for us?
I'm going to play a song called The Ballad of Minnie Dean.
Wonderful, go for it. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Em] Minnie was a mother [G] to a hundred [C] or more _ _ [A] in [G] Windham town.
_ [Em] Red faced [G] mamas come a knocking [C] on her door, _ _ [A] a [G] whole ten pound. _
_ [D] Winter in the [G] south makes the [C] heart beat slow.
_ _ _ [Em] But hearts beat [C] slower in the garden [G] below.
_ _ _ _ [C] Then three went missing and the men started [Em] digging in the ground.
The ground.
Men started digging [C] in the ground.
Three found, bringing poor [Em] Minnie downtown. _ _ _
But [D] a woman won't hang in [Em] Windham town.
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_ _ _ [Em] _ Hundreds in [G] the room when [C] Minnie stood trial.
_ [A] Many more [G]
outside.
[Gbm] _ [Em] Many are [G] accused of a [C] serious crime.
_ [A] In [G] fans aside.
[D] The crowd [G] all cheered as the [C] gavel rang. _
_ _ _ [Em] But have mercy on the [C] soul of a [G] woman who hangs. _ _ _
[C] Then they carried her away and the crowd all followed [Em] her down.
Down the crowd all [C] followed her down.
Three found, everybody [Em] gathered round. _ _ _
[D] To see a woman hang in [Em] Windham town.
_ _ _ [G] Oh [D] see a woman hang in [Em] Windham town. _ _ _ _
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Thank you.
_ Absolutely gorgeous.
Thank [G] you Marlon, that's wonderful.
Now you have come all the way [E] from New Zealand.
[Eb] _ You've moved here to play music for us.
Indeed, two weeks ago.
[G] Two weeks ago.
And already you've just [Gm] gotten straight into it, haven't you?
Yeah, I just got off the plane from Adelaide.
And just started playing at the airport.
[Gb] Yeah.
Pretty much.
[Eb] No, but seriously you have played quite a few shows already.
You've been on tour with the beautiful Sweet Jean.
[Gm] How's your time been in [Abm] Australia so far?
[Em] It's been a bit of a whirlwind.
But that's how I like to do it.
It's always best to hit the ground running.
I kind of get withdrawals if I don't play at least three times a week.
Yeah, it's been really [N] good.
Awesome.
And so getting to know some Australian musicians and playing around at some wonderful venues.
Yep, immersing myself in the scene.
Yeah, it's great.
Where are you living in Melbourne?
Well, I'm staying in Brunswick West at the moment.
Good town.
Yep, sort of like a little bit like a, feels like a farm out there.
Does it?
A farm in the city, yeah.
It's called Shetland Day, the place I live.
And there's a Shetland pony living next door.
Is that right?
Yep.
Wow, how is that?
Wake up in the morning, say g'day?
It sort of feels like someone's playing a big weird joke on me, but it's fun.
Awesome.
I like it.
Great, cool.
And what's coming up in the next couple of months for you?
I've got a fair few shows around.
Playing a couple this weekend.
Tago Mago and Thornbury Local and yeah, just quite a few actually.
There's too many to think of at the moment.
Yeah, cool.
How does the New Zealand scene differ from Australia in terms of playing music, playing shows, audiences?
It's, New Zealand's, well, from what I can tell, New Zealand's scene's a lot smaller, so it's a lot, everyone knows everyone.
Yeah.
People say that around here, [G] but in New Zealand that's actually the case.
Yep, people are often related, [Gb] basically. Yeah, yep.
Cool.
So it's very, everything has a knock-on effect somewhere around.
Yep.
[G] _ So yeah, that's the main difference I think so far that I've noticed.
And has it been pretty [Eb] refreshing coming to Australia and just playing to [F] a whole bunch of new people?
Yeah, populations, you know, everything really.
So [E] yeah, it's really nice.
Awesome.
Well, I'm very [G] excited to see you play more often around here.
Thank you so much for joining us on Balcony TV.
You're watching Balcony TV [E] Melbourne.