verse 1 A|------0--------------0-5-5-4-0--4-5-2----0-2----------0-2-0----| E|--2-3---3-2-0------2------------------3------2------2-------2--| C|2-------------2--2-----------------------------2--2-----------2| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| In Camlann town where I was born There was a beast of iron Three hundred years remained uncaught But not for want of trying verse 2 A|------0--------------0-5-5-4-0--4-5-2----0-2----------0-2-0----| E|--2-3---3-2-0------2------------------3------2------2-------2--| C|2-------------2--2-----------------------------2--2-----------2| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| Deep in the night it clanked and roared It tore our town asunder Of metal sheets, of bricks and stone All building blocks did plunder verse 3 A|------0--------------0-5-5-4-0--4-5-2----0-2----------0-2-0----| E|--2-3---3-2-0------2------------------3------2------2-------2--| C|2-------------2--2-----------------------------2--2-----------2| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| A price, a price, upon its head A living wage forever For any knight to strike it dead Upon this grand endeavour verse 4 A|------0--------------0-5-5-4-0--4-5-2----0-2----------0-2-0----| E|--2-3---3-2-0------2------------------3------2------2-------2--| C|2-------------2--2-----------------------------2--2-----------2| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| Go ready me my wheels of speed My bandoliers and rifle That I may ride to seek my prize For all that's just and rightful Verse 5 A|------0--------------0-5-5-4-0--4-5-2----0-2----------0-2-0----| E|--2-3---3-2-0------2------------------3------2------2-------2--| C|2-------------2--2-----------------------------2--2-----------2| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| For two score years I tracked it down I would not be outwitted Though many times my spirit broke My quest could not be quitted Verse 6 A|------0--------------0-5-5-4-0--4-5-2----0-2----------0-2-0----| E|--2-3---3-2-0------2------------------3------2------2-------2--| C|2-------------2--2-----------------------------2--2-----------2| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| It was the merry month of May I found its wondrous dwelling A bower of brick and burnished steel Formed from our own town?s felling Verse 7 A|------0--------------0-5-5-4-0--4-5-2----0-2----------0-2-0----| E|--2-3---3-2-0------2------------------3------2------2-------2--| C|2-------------2--2-----------------------------2--2-----------2| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| The beast of iron, in times gone by Created all things useful It could not cease when the stores ran dry Its beauty yet was truthful Verse 8 A|------0--------------0-5-5-4-0--4-5-2----0-2----------0-2-0----| E|--2-3---3-2-0------2------------------3------2------2-------2--| C|2-------------2--2-----------------------------2--2-----------2| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| And though I tried with all my might I'd not the heart to kill it For few can take a dying world And still with beauty fill it
