Whitlams - Kate kelly

So you just keep on ^Cmdrinking And you try to f^Bborget ^CmHow they strung up Joe Byrne from the jailhouse d^Bboor ^Eb Like a mario^Bbnette

He was dead for two ^Cmdays and I'll tell you no ^Bblies ^CmWith the press still around him, making their ^Bbmoney Shooting ^Ebpostcards of him through the ^Gflies

Close your ^Cmeyes, ^EbKate ^Dmand I'll sing you to s^Gleep Close your ^Cmeyes, ^EbKate ^DmYour dreams will be s^Gweet Kate ^CmKelly, Kate K^Felly ^AbI'm g^Bboing to sing you to sleep

Ned rose up from the ^Cmmist A man made of iro^Bbn ^CmFighting his way to the smouldering ^Bbinn Where ^EbJoe, and his brother, were ^Bbdying

They had to shoot out his ^Cmlegs, Kate But if you could sl^Bbeep ^CmYou could forget that they cut off his ^Bbhead For the ^Ebwarden's own paper^Gweight

Close your ^Cmeyes, ^EbKate ^Dmand I'll sing you to s^Gleep Close your ^Cmeyes, ^EbKate ^DmYour dreams will be s^Gweet ^AbDon't wait ^Ebaround here May your ^Dmsoul rest in ^Gpeace Kate ^CmKelly, Kate K^Felly ^AbI'm g^Bboing to sing you to sleep

And now you do ^Cmhorse tricks In a wild west ^Bbshow ^CmSharpshooting Kate, the last of the ^BbKellys Now the ^Ebqueen of the ^Bbrodeo

Was Joe your ^Cmlover? Did he send you some ^Bbword? ^CmA friend to your brothers all the way to the ^Bbend Where as ^Ebbrothers-in-arms they would f^Gall

Close your ^Cmeyes, ^EbKate ^Dmand I'll sing you to s^Gleep Close your ^Cmeyes, ^EbKate ^DmYour dreams will be s^Gweet Kate ^CmKelly, Kate K^Felly ^AbI'm g^Bboing to sing you to sleep Kate ^CmKelly, Kate K^Felly ^AbI'm g^Bboing to sing you to sleep

So you just keep on ^Cmdrinking And you try to f^Bborget ^CmHow they strung up Joe Byrne from the jailhouse d^Bboor Eb Bb Cm... Like a marionette