Boston Burglar Chords

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[Verse 1]
[F]I w[G]as [C]bor[G]n a[C]nd
[G]bred in [C]Bo [G]ston,
[C]a place you all know well.
Brought [F]up by hon[G]est [C]parents,
and [G]the truth to you I'll tell.
Brought [C]up by hon[G]est [C]parent[G] s
and [C]reared most tenderly
Till [F]I b[G]ecame a s[C]port in play
at the [G]age of twenty [C]-three
My character was broken
[G]and I w[C]as sent to[F] jail[C]
My [F]friends and par[G]ents [C]did their best
to [G]get me out on bail
The [C]jury found me guilty
[G]and the[C] judge, he wrote [F]it [C]down
For the breaking [F]of [G]the Uni[C]on Bank,
you were sent to [G]Char[C]lestown
I can see my [G]dear old [C]father[G] ,
[C]a -standing at the bar
Also [F]my dear old [C]mother,
she's a -tearing [G]her grey hair
She's a [C]-tearing all their old grey locks
[G]And the [C]tears come trickling down
[F]Son, oh son, what [C]have you done
To be sent to [G]Charlestown?
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set my foot on an eastbound train,
[G]One cou[C]rse and a day.
And every [F]sta[G]tion [C]I pass by
I could [G]hear the people say
There [C]goes that Bo[G]ston [C]burg[G]lar
In [C]iron chains he is bound
For the [F]breaking of [G]the [C]Union Bank
He is [G]sent to Charlottestown
[C]There's a girl in [G]Boston Cit[C]y,
[G]boys, [C]a girl I know quite well.
[F]If I get my [C]liberty, it's [G]with her I will dwell.
If [C]ever I get my liber[G]ty,
rough [C]company I will shun.
Likewise [F]the walk[G]ing [C]of the streets,
[G]And the drinking of the [C]rum.
[G]Now [C]you that have your liber[G]ty,
Pray [C]keep it if you can,
And don't [F]go mid[G]night ram[C]bling,
Or you'll [G]break the laws of man.
And [C]if you do, you're sure to [G]rue
And you'll [C]find yourself like me
A [F]sentence down [C]to twenty -one years
Of [G]penal sab[C]batee[G][C][G]
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A [F]sentence [C]down to 21 years
of [G]penal servitude
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