"Singing Kate Kelly To Sleep" by The Whitlams
From the forthcoming album "Torch The Moon" due late July 02

Transcribed by Dan Meijer (dm@zip.com.au)
Dan's transcription archive http://www.zipworld.com.au/~dm/

A ballad in the true sense of the word, a read of Peter Carey's "A True
History Of The Kelly Gang" will make the story and characters make more
sense. This is version 0.1 of the transcription, as I don't have a copy of
the album's final mix here to get the lyrics and arrangement exactly as
they'll be released; this will change at a later date. Regular gig-goers
may recognise this though - it's the "revised" version featured in Tim's
solo gigs, not the first version launched in 2001.


Intro:  CmSus2   Cm   CmSus2   Cm

                    Cm
So you just keep on drinking
                Bb
And you try to forget
Cm                                               Bb
How they strung up Joe Byrne from the gaolhouse door
Eb             Bb
   Like a marionette

                    Cm
He was dead for two days
                     Bb
and I'll tell you no lies
Cm                                            Bb
With the press still around him, making their money
         Eb                           G
Shooting postcards of him through the flies


           Cm    Eb
Close your eyes, Kate
Dm                    G
and I'll sing you to sleep
           Cm    Eb
Close your eyes, Kate
Dm                   G
Your dreams will be sweet
     Cm           F
Kate Kelly, Kate Kelly
Ab   Bb
I'm going to sing you to sleep

                     Cm
Ned rose up from the mist
                 Bb
A man made of iron
Cm                                  Bb
Fighting his way to the smouldering inn
      Eb                         Bb
Where Joe, and his brother, were dying

                          Cm
They had to shoot out his legs, Kate
                   Bb
But if you could sleep
Cm                                     Bb
You could forget that they cut off his head
        Eb                G
For the warden's own paperweight


           Cm    Eb
Close your eyes, Kate
Dm                    G
and I'll sing you to sleep
           Cm    Eb
Close your eyes, Kate
Dm                   G
Your dreams will be sweet
Ab         Eb
Don't wait around here
         Dm           G
May your soul rest in peace
     Cm           F
Kate Kelly, Kate Kelly
Ab   Bb
I'm going to sing you to sleep


               Cm
And now you do horse tricks
               Bb
In a wild west show
Cm                                  Bb
Sharpshooting Kate, the last of the Kellys
        Eb           Bb
Now the queen of the rodeo

             Cm
Was Joe your lover?
                     Bb
Did he send you some word?
Cm                                           Bb
A friend to your brothers all the way to the end
         Eb                           G
Where as brothers-in-arms they would fall

           Cm    Eb
Close your eyes, Kate
Dm                    G
and I'll sing you to sleep
           Cm    Eb
Close your eyes, Kate
Dm                   G
Your dreams will be sweet
     Cm           F
Kate Kelly, Kate Kelly
Ab   Bb
I'm going to sing you to sleep
     Cm           F
Kate Kelly, Kate Kelly
Ab   Bb
I'm going to sing you to sleep

                    Cm
So you just keep on drinking
                Bb
And you try to forget
Cm                                               Bb
How they strung up Joe Byrne from the gaolhouse door
Eb             Bb      Cm...
   Like a marionette


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In the verse, alternate the Cm and Bb with their suspended 2nds.

eg
 CmSus2     Cm
--3---------3--
--3---------4--
--5---------5--
--5---------5--
--3---------3--
--x---------x--

In the chorus, move between the Cm F Ab and Bb with walking lead-in notes.
Exact runs depend on the voicing but you'll get the idea.

eg
  Cm       F
--3--------8---
--4--------10--
--5--------10--
--5--------10--
--3--3-5-6-8---
--x--------x---

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