Intro: G - C - G - C - G
 
G (320003@1)                  Em (022000@1)                C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)      GHe (320003@1)was but a traveller on the lonely road of life,
G (320003@1)                           Em (022000@1)     Am (x02210@1)           DShe, (xx0232@1)her name was Mary, a lady of the night,
C (x32010@1)                          D (xx0232@1)             B (x2444x@1)                    EmShe (022000@1)found him lying in that road, on a winter's night so cold,
Am (x02210@1)               D (xx0232@1)                        G- (320003@1)C- (x32010@1)D- (xx0232@1)G- (320003@1)C- (x32010@1)DJust (xx0232@1)another poor boy, treat him right,
 
        G (320003@1)                     Em (022000@1)           C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)       GShe (320003@1)saw that he was hungry and gave him food to eat,
         G (320003@1)                        Em (022000@1)            Am (x02210@1)                    DShe (xx0232@1)knew that he was weary and he had no place to sleep,
C (x32010@1)                               D (xx0232@1)               B (x2444x@1)                          EmShe (022000@1)took him home to her own bed, she lay down his wounded head
        Am (x02210@1)                     D (xx0232@1)                                       G- (320003@1)C- (x32010@1)D- (xx0232@1)G- (320003@1)Band (x2444x@1)washed away the world from his hands and his feet,
             Em (022000@1)                         D- (xx0232@1)CHe (x32010@1)was just another poor boy,____ just another poor boy,
                G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)        CWhen (x32010@1)he cried out in his sleep she held him tight,
Em (022000@1)                           D- (xx0232@1)CJust (x32010@1)another poor boy,____ just another poor boy,
               G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)          Em (022000@1)                        CAnd (x32010@1)she gave him love and comfort through the night,
                          Em- (022000@1)D- (xx0232@1)C- (x32010@1)G- (320003@1)Em- (022000@1)D- (xx0232@1)C- (x32010@1)G- (320003@1)C- (x32010@1)GTill (320003@1)the mornings light....
At night she sat beside him, by the fire he would talk,
He said all men were brothers and that love could conquer all,
Many gathered round to hear, many for his life did fear,
In trouble times like these men seldom talked.
Oh they came to him one morning at the breaking of the day,
She woke to hear him calling as they carried him away,
C (x32010@1)                                     DAccusing (xx0232@1)him of spreading lies and hate,
B (x2444x@1)                                       EmHis (022000@1)public meetings were a danger to the state,
          C (x32010@1)                         D (xx0232@1)             Esome (022100@1)soldier said "Who was he anyway?"
F#m (244222@1)             E (022100@1)         DJust (xx0232@1)another poor boy, just another poor boy,
              A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)     F#m (244222@1)      E (022100@1)          DAnd (xx0232@1)the tears were falling from her face like rain,
F#m (244222@1)                         E- (022100@1)DJust (xx0232@1)another poor boy,____ just another poor boy,
                A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)      F#m (244222@1)            DAnd (xx0232@1)they hung him on the hillside far away,
                                  F#mAnd (244222@1)on the ground she lay.... poor boy....
           F#mOh (244222@1)my Lord..... Oh my lord....oh my Lord...
F#m (244222@1)                         E- (022100@1)DJust (xx0232@1)another poor boy,____ just another poor boy,
              A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)     F#m (244222@1)      E (022100@1)          DAnd (xx0232@1)the tears were falling from her face like rain,
F#m (244222@1)                          E- (022100@1)DJust (xx0232@1)another poor boy,____ just another boy,
                A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)      F#m (244222@1)             DAnd (xx0232@1)they hung him on the hillside far away, just another poor boy
F#m (244222@1)                         E- (022100@1)DJust (xx0232@1)another poor boy,___ just another poor boy,
               A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)               F#m (244222@1)    E (022100@1)      DAnd (xx0232@1)she never dreamed she'd see his face again!