Poor Ned

D A G D Eighteen-hundred & 78 was the year I remeber so well D A G D they put my father in an early grave and slung my mother in gaol D A now I don't know whats right or wrong G D but they hung Christ on nails D A 6 kids at home & 2 still on the breast G D they wouldn't even give us bail D A Poor Ned, you're better off dead G D at least you'll get some peace of mind D you're out on the track A they're right on your back G A D boy they're gonna hang you high ) D A You know I wrote a letter 'bout Stringy-Bark Creek G D so they would understand D A that I might be a bushranger G D but I'm not a murdering man D A I didn't want to shoot Kennedy G D or that copper Lonnigan D A he alone could have saved his life G D by throwing down his gun D A Poor Ned, you're better off dead G D at least you'll get some peace of mind D you're out on the track A they're right on your back G A D boy they're gonna hang you high ) D A You know they took Ned Kelly G D & they hung him in the Melbourne gaol D A he fought so very bravely G D dressed in iron mail D A & no man single handed G D can hope to break the bars D A there's a thousand like Ned Kelly G D who'll hoist the flag of stars D A We sing: Poor Ned, you're better off dead G D at least you'll get some peace of mind D you're out on the track A they're right on your back G A D boy they're gonna hang you high ) alternative keys - C G F C or - G D C G "Such is Life" - Ned Kelly