Poor Ned
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Eighteen-hundred & 78 was the year I remeber so well
they put my father in an early grave and slung my mother in gaol
now I don't know whats right or wrong
but they hung Christ on nails
6 kids at home & 2 still on the breast
they wouldn't even give us bail
( CHORUS:
Poor Ned, you're better off dead
at least you'll get some peace of mind
you're out on the track
they're right on your back
boy they're gonna hang you high )
You know I wrote a letter 'bout Stringy-Bark Creek
so they would understand
that I might be a bushranger
but I'm not a murdering man
I didn't want to shoot Kennedy
or that copper Lonnigan
he alone could have saved his life
by throwing down his gun
You know they took Ned Kelly
& they hung him in the Melbourne gaol
he fought so very bravely
dressed in iron mail
& no man single handed
can hope to break the bars
there's a thousand like Ned Kelly
who'll hoist the flag of stars
we sing...CHORUS
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Readable chord sheet for Poor Ned by Redgum
E[D]ighteen-hundred & 78[A] was the yea[G]r I remeber so well[D] t[D]hey put my father in an ea[A]rly grave and slu[G]ng my mother in gaol[D] n[D]ow I don't know whats ri[A]ght or wrong b[G]ut they hung Chr[D]ist on nails 6[D] kids at home & 2 [A]still on the breast t[G]hey wouldn't even give [D]us bail ( CHORUS: P[D]oor Ned, you're be[A]tter off dead a[G]t least you'll get some peace of[D] mind y[D]ou're out on the track t[A]hey're right on your back b[G]oy they're gonna hang you hi[G]gh ) You know I wrote a letter 'bout Stringy-Bark Creek so they would understand that I might be a bushranger but I'm not a murdering man I didn't want to shoot Kennedy or that copper Lonnigan he alone could have saved his life by throwing down his gun You know they took Ned Kelly & they hung him in the Melbourne gaol he fought so very bravely dressed in iron mail & no man single handed can hope to break the bars there's a thousand like Ned Kelly who'll hoist the flag of stars we sing...CHORUS alternative keys - [C] [G] [F] o[C]r - [G] [D] [C] [G]