#------------------------------------------------------------------------------## REDGUM - Poor Ned D A G D Eighteen-hundred & 78 was the year I remeber so well D A G D they put my father in an early grave and slung my mother in gaol D A now I don't know whats right or wrong G D but they hung Christ on nails D A 6 kids at home & 2 still on the breast G D they wouldn't even give us bail ( CHORUS: D A Poor Ned, you're better off dead G D at least you'll get some peace of mind D you're out on the track A they're right on your back G G boy they're gonna hang you high ) You know I wrote a letter 'bout Stringy-Bark Creek so they would understand that I might be a bushranger but I'm not a murdering man I didn't want to shoot Kennedy or that copper Lonnigan he alone could have saved his life CHORUS You know they took Ned Kelly & they hung him in the Melbourne gaol he fought so very bravely dressed in iron mail & no man single handed can hope to break the bars there's a thousand like Ned Kelly who'll hoist the flag of stars we sing...CHORUS alternative keys - C G F C or - G D C G "Such is Life" - Ned Kelly