Traditional Australian - Streets Of Forbes(Chords)

	        


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Come all you Lachlan men and a sorrowful tale I'll tell 
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Concerning of a hero bold who through misfortune fell 
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His name it was Ben Hall, a man of high renown 
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He was hunted from a station and like a dog shot down 

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Three years he roamed the roads and he showed the traps some fun 
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A thousand pounds was on his head with Gilbert and John Dunn 
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Ben parted from his comrades, the outlaws did agree 
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To give away bushranging and to cross the briny sea 

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Ben went to Goobang Creek and that was his downfall 
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For riddled like a sieve was the valiant Ben Hall 
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T'was early in the morning upon the fifth of May 
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That the seven police surrounded him as in his sleep he lay 

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Bill Duggan he was chosen to shoot the outlaw dead 
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The troopers then fired madly and filled him full of lead 
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They rolled him in a blanket and strapped him to his prad 
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And they led him through the streets of Forbes to show the prize they had.