Broken Down Gentleman Chords

[Verse 1]
     G       C       D
When I was young and in my prime
        G               D
Just twenty-four years old
    G        D      G   C
I spent my time in vanity
   D                   C
Along with the ladies bold
   D                   G
Along with the ladies bold
 
 
[Verse 2]
        G       C         D
With silver buckles all round my wrists
        G             D
And a cane all in my hand
     G    D        G       C
No gentleman could me surpass
     D             C
No farmer in the land
     D             G
No farmer in the land
 
 
[Verse 3]
     G     C           D
I kept a pack of good hounds, me boys,
       G                D
And servants waiting on me,
       G     D        G        C
For I did intend my money to spend,
      D                  C
And that you may plainly see
      D                  G
And that you may plainly see
 
 
[Verse 4]
    G       C            D
I kept a coach and six horses, boys
        G          D
Their races for to see
       G       D          G        C
‘Twas there I spent ten thousand pounds
      D                  C
And that was the ruin of me
      D                  G
And that was the ruin of me
 
 
[Verse 5]
   G        C     D
As I was turning home again
     G               D
My purse it did run small
      G       D           G    C
For I was a broken down gentleman
      D                      C
And that was the worst of it all
      D                      G
And that was the worst of it all
 
 
[Verse 6]
      G        C       D
The landlord came all for his rent.
        G                 D
And bailiffs he brought three,
       G    D      G      C
They took away all I had got
     D                     C
And swore that they’d have me.
     D                     G
And swore that they’d have me.
 
 
[Verse 7] 
       G          C         D
Then rogues and thieves around me came,
       G               D
From them I could not run.
      G     D       G        C
They took away my coach and six,
    D              C
And I was quite undone.
    D              G
And I was quite undone.
 
 
[Verse 8]
    G        C       D
My wife I’m told she does lament
       G              D
My children round her cry
      G       D      G       C
To think that I must lie in jail
   D            C
Until the day I die
      G       D      G       C
To think that I must lie in jail
   D             C
Until the day I die
   D             G
Until the day I die