A/G  3x2222
F#*  244022


[Intro]
Bm   G   Em   A   x4
Bm

[Verse 1]
       Bm       A              Bm
I’m a maker of ballads right pretty
   Bm              A              Bm
I write them right here in the street
         D/A          A        G
You can buy them all over the city
G            F#m     Bm
yours for a penny a sheet

[Verse 2]
       Bm         A            Bm
I’m a word pecker out of the printers
Bm          A           Bm
out of the dens of Gin Lane
       D/A       A          G
I’ll write up a scene on a counter
      G          F#m        Bm     A
confessions and sins in the main, boys
    G            A           Bm
confessions and sins in the main

[Chorus]
             D/A        G      A   D
Then you’ll find me in Madame Geneva’s
 G           D/A       A
keeping the demons at bay
         A/G         F#m7     Bm           Em
There’s nothing like gin for drowning them in
             A         F#*
but they’ll always be back
              Bm  G  Em  A
on a hanging day
              Bm  G  Em  A
on a hanging day

Bm   G   Em   A   x3
Bm

[Verse 3]
           Bm      A         Bm
They come rattling over the cobbles
     Bm            A           Bm
they sit on their coffins of black
 D/A             A          G
Some are struck dumb, some gabble
      G      F#m        Bm
top-heavy on brandy or sec

[Verse 4]
     Bm           A            Bm
The pews are all full of fine fellows
         Bm        A          Bm
and the hawker has set up her shop
            D/A         A          G
As they’re turning them off at the gallows
           G      F#m              Bm     A
She’ll be selling right under the drop, boys
G             A         Bm
selling right under the drop

[Chorus]
             D/A        G      A   D
Then you’ll find me in Madame Geneva’s
 G           D/A       A
keeping the demons at bay
         A/G         F#m7     Bm           Em
There’s nothing like gin for drowning them in
             A         F#*
but they’ll always be back
              Bm  G  Em  A
on a hanging day
              Bm  G  Em  A
on a hanging day

[Outro]
Bm   G   Em   A   x4
Bm
F#*