The Dalesmans Litany chords by Tim Hart And Maddy Prior

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Beginner

SONG:  THE DALESMAN`S LITANY
ARTIST: TIM HART and MADDY PRIOR
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


          THE DALESMAN`S LITANY
         TIM HART and MADDY PRIOR


CAPO: 1st FRET

INTRO:
F C Dm Dm Dm Dm

VERSE
   Dm     C           Dm
It`s hard when folks can`t find their work
    G      C    Dm Gm
Where they`ve been bred and born.

   Dm   C       Dm
When I was young I always thought
   Dm     C     Dm
I`d bide midst fruits and corn.


PRE-CHORUS:
   F     Bb    Dm   C
But I`ve been forced to work in town
  Dm    F  A
So here`s my litany:


CHORUS:
   Dm    C      Dm
From Hull and Halifax and Hell,
   G    C  Dm  Gm Dm
Good Lord, deliver me!


VERSE:
   Dm   C       Dm
When I was courtin` Mary Jane,
      Dm    C   Dm Gm
Thee old squire, he says to me:

   Dm    C        Dm
`I`ve got no rooms for wedded folk;
     Dm    C     Dm
Choose, whether to go or to stay?`


PRE-CHORUS:
  F      Bb   Dm   C
I could not give up the girl I loved,
    Dm     F     A
So to town I was forced to flee:


CHORUS:
   Dm    C      Dm
From Hull and Halifax and Hell,
   G    C  Dm  Gm Dm Dm
Good Lord, deliver me!


VERSE:
   Dm     C       Dm
I`ve worked in Leeds an` Huthersfel`,
     G      C   Dm  Gm
And I`ve earned some honest braaaaass;

  Dm     C       Dm
In Bradforth, Keighley, Rotherham,
   G    C     Dm
I`ve kept me barns an` lass.


PRE-CHORUS:
    F    Bb     Dm    C
I`ve travelled all three Ridin`s round,
   Dm   F    A
And once I went to sea:


CHORUS:
   Dm   C         Dm
From forges, mills, and coalin` boats,
   G    C  Dm Gm Dm
Good Lord, deliver me!


VERSE:
   Dm    C            Dm
I`ve walked at night through Sheffield lines,
   Dm    C    Dm
Twas just like bein` in Hell:

    Dm    C          Dm
Where furnaces thrust out tongues o` fire,
   Dm       C      Dm
An` roared like the wind on the fell.


PRE-CHORUS:
   F     Bb   Dm    C
I`ve sammed up coals in Barnsley pits,
   Dm   F   A
With muck up to my knee:


CHORUS:
   Dm     C       Dm
From Barnsley, Sheffield, Rotherham,
   G    C  Dm Gm Dm
Good Lord, deliver me!


VERSE:
   Dm    C         Dm
I`ve seen fog creep across Leeds Bridge
   G      C    Dm Gm
As thick as the bastile soup;

   Dm      C        Dm
I`ve lived wheer folks were stowed away
   Dm   C   Dm
Like rabbits in a coop.


PRE-CHORUS:
   F     Bb    Dm    C
I`ve seen snow float down Bradforth Beck
  Dm    F A
As black as ebony:


CHORUS:
   Dm    C        Dm
Frae Hunslet, Holbeck, Wibsey Stack,
   G    C  Dm Gm Dm
Good Lord, deliver me!


VERSE:
  Dm      C          Dm
But now, that`s all our children are gone
    G    C     Dm Gm
To the country we`ve come baaaack.

     Dm  C        Dm
There`s forty mile of heathery moor
    Dm     C    Dm
Twixt` us and the coal-pit stack.


PRE-CHORUS:
  F   Bb     Dm    C
And as I sit by the fire at night,
   Dm     F     A
I`ll laugh and shout with glee:


CHORUS:
   Dm    C      Dm
From Hull, and Halifax, and Hell,
     G   C   Dm
The good Lord delivered me!