The Villain Curry Shaw Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]In 1849, from [G]Newry County down,
We [A]set sail on the Hannah,
[G]Nova Scotia bound.
[D]Our loved ones left behind,
the [G]land our fathers knew,
[A]Ravaged by the famine,
[G]starved by England's [D]cruel.
Our Captain Currie Shaw,
the [G]pasty little sod,
Through [A]cruel deeds
he quickly earned the [G]ire
of all on [D]board,
But three weeks out to sea,
the [G]winter's grip still tied.
At [A]4 a .m. on the freezing night
of April 29th,
the [G]Hannah struck [D]ice.
When a sailor brought the news,
the [G]Hannah would go down.
Young [A]Shaw addressed the passengers
who [G]feared that they would [Bm]drown
He stood on deck
and spoke [D]with [G]arms raised overhead
Keep [A]calm everyone
and I will save you all [G]is what he boldly [D]said
But the [Bm]coward and too cruel,
as [G]we watched in dismay,
Then [A]commandeered the only
lifeboat [G]there on Hollo[D]way,
Swip[Bm]ing with his sword
[D]at [G]anyone who tried to [A]stop him.
Shaw then vanished,
[G]leaving us to [D]die
You vil[G]lain, Currie Shaw,
your [D]name forever [Bm]draw
[D]The curse and spit of [A]decent men,
you [G]lowest of the [D]low
[A]A f[G]ran[D]tic race began
among [G]the crew and men
To [A]lower people down
unto the [G]ice flows as she [D]leant
Some refused to leave,
[G]terrified with fear
They were [A]swallowed in
that dreadful hour,
The [G]Hannah disap[D]peared.
You vil[G]lain, curry show,
Your [D]name forever [Bm]dwell,
Among [D]the greatest cow[A]ards that
De[G]served a place in [D]hell[A]
[G]The [D]brave John Murphy dove
[G]Into the freezing wet
And [A]plucked his infant rose
And my young [G]Barney from their [D]deaths
He placed them on a flow
But turned to [G]see his own twin boys
Float [A]off into the darkness
Never [G]seen again [D]alive
[G]You villain, Currie Shaw,
you could [D]have saved them [Bm]all
I [D]hope your boat got swal[A]lowed
by a [G]great whale's bloody [D]jaw
You [G]villain, Currie Shaw,
your [D]name forever [Bm]dwell
As [D]captain of the [A]cowards
on the [G]lifeboat down to [D]hell.