Boys Of Bedlam

	  		BOYS OF BEDLAM 
 
 

Dm             C            Am 
for to see mad Tom of Bed - lam 
    F        C         Em 
ten thousand miles I'd travel 
    Dm              C     Am 
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes 
       F        C             Em 
for to save her shoes from gravel. 

Dm                  C           Am 
still I sing bonnie boys bonnie mad boys, 
F               C   Em 
Bedlam boys are bonnie. 
Dm              C             Am 
for they all go bare and they live by the air 
         F       C         Em 
and they want no drink nor money. 

  Dm           C       Am 
I went down to satan's kitchen 
       F      C            Em 
for to get me food one morning, 
    Dm          C            Am 
and there I got souls piping hot 
F          C           Em 
all on the spit a turning. 

Dm                  C           Am 
still I sing bonnie boys bonnie mad boys, 
F               C    Em 
Bedlam boys are bonnie. 
Dm              C             Am 
for they all go bare and they live by the air 
         F       C         Em 
and they want no drink nor money. 

   Dm        C         Am 
me staff has murdered giants 
       F          C         Em 
and me bag a long knife carries. 
       Dm                  C          Am 
for to cut mince pies from children's thighs 
     F        C            Em 
with which to feed the fairies. 

Dm                  C           Am 
still I sing bonnie boys bonnie mad boys, 
F               C   Em 
Bedlam boys are bonnie. 
Dm              C              Am 
for they all go bare and they live by the air 
         F       C         Em 
and they want no drink nor money. 

     Dm       C        Am 
this spirit's white as lightning 
      F     C             Em 
would on me travels guide me. 
    Dm         C             Am 
the moon would shake and the stars would quake 
     F         C      Em 
when ever they espied me. 

Dm                  C           Am 
still I sing bonnie boys bonnie mad boys, 
F               C    Em 
Bedlam boys are bonnie. 
Dm              C              Am 
for they all go bare and they live by the air 
         F       C         Em 
and they want no drink nor money. 

-Instrumental-  
Dm C Am F C Em x 2 

    Dm        C      Am 
and when that I have murdered 
    F          C             Em 
the man in the moon to a powder. 
    Dm         C              Am 
his staff I'll break and his lug I'll shake 
            F       C        Em 
and they'll howl no demon louder. 

Dm                  C           Am 
still I sing bonnie boys bonnie mad boys, 
F               C    Em 
Bedlam boys are bonnie. 
Dm              C              Am 
for they all go bare and they live by the air 
         F        C        Em 
and they want no drink nor money. 

       Dm      C         Am 
for to see mad Tom of Bedlam 
    F        C         Em 
ten thousand years I'd travel. 
Dm          C              Am 
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes 
       F        C             Em 
for to save her shoes from gravel. 

Dm                  C           Am 
still I sing bonnie boys bonnie mad boys, 
F               C    Em 
Bedlam boys are bonnie. 
Dm              C             Am 
for they all go bare and they live by the air 
         F       C         Em 
and they want no drink nor money.