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[Verse]

   G               G
I speak the king's English
  G           G
I kneel in is chapel
  G        G          G          G
I face 40 lashes for stealing is apples
  D            D      D          F      F     F
I live in his tavern die in his field
G            G              G           G
Drink to his health and the turn of the wheel


G             G          G
Michael's my name I was born in this
G        G              G            G
Clatter 25 years As if nothing's the matter
     D       D           D         F     F    F
It's hard to become very much of a man
            G                        G            G
You've been walking around with your head in your hands


   G               G
I speak the king's English
  G           G
I kneel in is chapel
  G        G          G          G
I face 40 lashes for stealing is apples
  D           D       D         F      F       F
I live in his tavern die in his field
G            G              G           G
Drink to his health and the turn of the wheel


G              G         G          G
Don't mind the rattle of coin in my pocket
    G          G
But I'd sooner buy my
     G        G
Dear Rosie a locket
      D          D              D          F       F     F
Then leave this old countryside dry to the bone
G        G           G            G
Pour me another one heres to the throne


   G               G
I speak the king's English
  G           G
I kneel in is chapel
  G        G          G          G
I face 40 lashes for stealing is apples
  D           D       D         F      F       F
I live in his tavern die in his field
G            G              G           G
Drink to his health and the turn of the wheel

Hey hey

[Instrumental]
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F F F
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Up on a hill In a castle of stone
  G            G          G        G
A withered old man lies  sleeping alone
      D          D           D          F      F     F
While I'm at the bar with my rose on my knee
G            G          G         G
I know which one of us I'd rather be
   G               G
I speak the king's English
  G           G
I kneel in is chapel
  G        G          G          G
I face 40 lashes for stealing is apples
  D           D       D         F      F       F
I live in his tavern die in his field
G            G              G           G
Drink to his health and the turn of the wheel
   G               G
I speak the king's English
  G           G
I kneel in is chapel
  G        G          G          G
I face 40 lashes for stealing is apples
  D           D       D         F      F       F
I live in his tavern die in his field
G            G              G           G
Drink to his health and the turn of the wheel