Bishops Song

	  		
Intro 



verse 1 

               G 
I got a little story that I'd like to tell 
                     D                          G 
about a boy named bishop, who lived atop this hill 

people called him a slow boy, said he weren't all there 
                     D                     E 
but he never harmed none, no, he wouldn't dare 


Bridge 1 

                           C                          G 
but when the neighbor's daughter said the child was his 
                          D                              E 
well, the people turned then and wanted blood for his sins 
                 C                                   G   
bishop tried to tell them that none had shared his bed 
                       D                       G 
but the words escaped him; he found tears instead 


verse 2 

                    G 
well his father begged then for him to bend his knee 
                      D                            G 
that they might be lenient, in time would set him free 
                     
but the boy just stood there with a steady gaze 
                               D                               E 
and said they'd have to break him, 'cause bending weren't his way 


Bridge 2 

                       C                            G 
so they came and took him, and dragged him off in chains 
                       D                          E 
and with the town as witness, he was forced to pay 
                        C                               G 
it weren't 'til he was gone that the girl cleared his name 
                          D                     G  
and now his ghost still haunts us to this very day 


Outro 

(Accompanied by humming) 

G    C     G    D     E    C     G    D    G 



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| x  Dead note 
| h  Hammer-on 
| p  Pull-off  

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