Judy Collins - The Prickilie Bush
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
G D G D G D G
[Chorus]
D G
Oh, the prickilie bush
C D
It pricks my heart full sore
G D G C
If I ever get out of the prickilie bush
G D G
I'll never get in it anymore
[Verse 1]
D G
Hangman, stay your rope
C D
Will you stay it for a while
G D G C
I think I see my mother coming
G D G
Riding over yonder stile
[Verse 2]
D G
Mother, did you bring me gold
C D
Or silver to pay my fee
G D G C
For to save my body from the cold clay ground
G D G
My neck from the gallows tree
[Verse 3]
D G
I didn't bring you gold
C D
Or silver to pay your fee
G D G C
But I have come to see you hang
G D G
On the gallows tree
[Chorus]
D G
Oh, the prickilie bush
C D
It pricks my heart full sore
G D G C
If I ever get out of the prickilie bush
G D G
I'll never get in it anymore
[Verse 4]
D G
Hangman, stay your rope
C D
Will you stay it for a while
G D G C
I think I see my father coming
G D G
Over yonder stile
[Verse 5]
D G
Father, did you bring me gold
C D
Or silver to pay my fee
G D G C
Or have you come to see me hang
G D G
On the gallows tree
[Verse 6]
D G
I didn't bring ya gold
C D
Or silver to pay your fee
G D G C
Your mother and I have come today
G D G
To see you on the gallows tree
[Chorus]
D G
Oh, the prickilie bush
C D
It pricks my heart full sore
G D G C
If I ever get out of the prickilie bush
G D G
I'll never get in it anymore
[Verse 7]
D G
Hangman, stay your rope
C D
Once more for a while
G D G C
I think I see my darling coming
G D G
Over yonder stile
[Verse 8]
D G
Darling, did you bring me gold
C D
Or silver to pay my fee
G D G C
For to save my body from the cold clay ground
G D G
My neck from the gallows tree
[Verse 9]
D G
I brought ya gold
C D
And silver to pay your fee
G D G C
I did not come to see you hang
G D G
On the gallows tree
[Chorus]
D G
Oh, the prickilie bush
C D
It pricks my heart full sore
G D G C
But now that I'm out of the prickilie bush
G D G
I'll never get in it anymore