Robin and Marian Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[G]Robin
Hood
lived in
Homestead
[D]The yea[A]r was 189[D]2
[G]He worked at
Carnegie
Steel, [D]man
His [A]eyes were a bright [D]blue
[G]He fell in love with a [D]girl named
Mary
[A]Went to the same [D]church
[G]In
March they went and got [D]married
[A]Better off the [D]words[Em]
Mary was the [Bm]seamstress
[A]She made satin [D]quilts
She [Em]sold them to the [Bm]wealthy
Who over[A]paid her out of [D]guilt
Cause
[Em]Marion was so pretty
[D]But she had nothing [A]to wear
[D]She had[Em] no fine dres[D]ses
Or [A]thing[G] s to[A] tie ba[D]ck her
[G]hair[D][A][G][D][A][D]
[G]Robin
Hood was a socialist,
[D]a uni[A]onist through and thr[D]ough
[G]They locked out his paycheck[D],
[A]needed something to [D]do
[G]They had a little money [D]and
[A]didn't want to [D]stay
[G]So they went to
New
York
[D]City, come [A]out, come out and [D]play
[Em]Marian had her doubt[Bm]s about
[A]everything under the [D]sun
But
[Em]Jesus said, turn your cheek
[Bm]Mary, be [A]kind to [D]everyone
So [Em]when
Robin began [D]to steal,
buy her nice [A]new [D]clothes
[Em]Because he gave most to [D]the poor,
[A]she [D]kept her mouth [G]closed[D][A][D][G]
[D][A][D]
[G]Robert knew
Emma
Goldman [D]an d young
[A]Norman
Thomas [D]too
[G]They used to have lunch together,[D]
[A]Mary and
Mae
Leif stood
[D]Emma [G]had run her mouth a lot,
[D]said he'd kil[A]l this person for[D] tha[A]t
[D]But
[G]Robin knew that [D]was[G]n't the way,
[D]jus[A]t bought
Marion [D]a new hair
[Em]Marion washed the [Bm]dishes,
[A]Emma came up to [D]her
[Em]She said, why are you doing [Bm]this?
Come [A]out, make your voice [D]heard
But
[Em]Marion wasn't in[D]to it,
she had nothing to say
[Em]She was so i[D]nnocent, c[A]ome
Robin's [D]day[G][D][A][D][G][D][A]
[D]
[G]Eventually the government,
[D]they [A]caught up to
Robin
Hood
[D]The[G]y could have thrown him in jail,
[D]instead they [A]shot him where he [D]stood
But
[G]Robin was the lively one,
[D]and he [A]got to his fee[D]t
[G]He tried to run away,
but [D]he was as [A]wild as his [D]sheep
[Em]He got to the ap[Bm]artment, a[A]nd
Marion was there
[D]He [Em]said, don't you worry[Bm], darlin',
[A]there's no reason to [D]stay
[Em]He fell down o[D]n the ground,
[A]she fell to his sid[D]e
[Em]They stared into each [D]other's eyes,
[A]then of cou[D]rse he die[G]d[D][G][D][G][D][G]
[D]
I'm [G]go ing
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