Tom: C
C F C
Oh My Name It Is Delainey, Its A Name It Dont Shame me
G F C
If I Saved All My Money, I Never Would Have Roamed
F C Am
But Drinking And Courting, Not Rambling And Sporting
F C F
Are The Cause Of All My Ruin, My Absence From Home
[Verse 2]
C F C
When First Into This Country, A Stranger I Came
G F C
I Courted A Maiden, Nancy Was Her Name
F C Am
I Courted For Love, But Her love I Couldn’t Obtain
F C F
Do You Think I Have A Reason, Or A Right To complain
[Verse 3]
C F C
I Rode To See My Nancy, I Rode Night And Day
G F C
I Stole A Fine Stallion, From Colonel Charles Grey.
F C Am
I Rode To See My Nancy, I Rode Day And Night
F C F
I Courted Fairest Nancy, My Own Hearts Delight
[Verse 4]
C F C
The Sheriffs Men They followed, And They Overtook Me
F C
And Carted Me Away, To The Penitentiary
F C Am
They Opened Up The Door And Threw Me Right In
F C F
They Shaved Off All My Hair, They Cleared off My Chin
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[Verse 5]
C F C
they beat me and they banged me, and fed me dried beans
F C
till I wished in my soul, that I'd never been a thief
F C Am
my hands stuck in my pocket, my calfs set on low
F C F
And my coat of many colors, just like joseph of old
