Dm F Dm [Verse] F Dm Old Reilly stole a stallion F Dm But they caught him and they brought him back F C And they laid him down on the jailhouse ground Bb Dm With an iron chain around his neck [Verse] F Dm Old Reilly's daughter got the message F Dm That her father was going to hang F C She rode by night and rode by morning Bb Dm With gold and silver in her hand [Verse] F Dm When the judge saw Reilly's daughter F Dm Well, his old eyes deepened in his head F C Saying, "Gold will never free your father Bb Dm The price, my dear, is you instead" [Verse] F Dm "Oh, I'm as good as dead", cried Reilly F Dm "And it's only you that he does crave F C And my skin will surely crawl if he touches you at all Bb Dm Get on your horse and ride away" [Verse] F Dm "Oh father, you will surely die F Dm If I don't take the chance and try F C And pay the price and not take your advice Bb Dm For that reason, I have to stay" [Verse] F Dm The gallows shadows shook the evening F Dm In the night a hound dog bayed F C In the night the grounds were groaning Bb Dm In the night the price was paid [Verse] F Dm The next morning she had awoken F Dm To find that the judge had never spoken F C She saw that hanging branch a-bending Bb Dm She saw her father's body broken [Verse] F Dm These be seven curses on a judge so cruel F Dm That one doctor will not save him F C That two healers will not heal him Bb Dm That three eyes will not see him [Verse] F Dm Four ears will not hear him F Dm Five walls will not hide him F C That six diggers will not bury him Bb Dm And that seven deaths shall never kill him [Outro] Dm F Dm F Dm F C Bb Dm Dm F Dm F Dm F C Bb Dm