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This is the chord progression of Jinny Binghams Ghost by Frank Turner on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.
[Intro]
Dm
If you’re heading down to Camden Town
G Dm
Be sure to raise a toast
A
To the patron saint of the waifs and strays
(let A ring out) Dm
To Jinny Bingham’s ghost
[Verse 1]
A Dm
Once she was a fresh-faced lass, from Kentish Town she came
A Dm
Her people, they were pedlars, Jinny Bingham was her name
G Dm
With her husband Gypsy George a Camden coach house they did keep
E A
Till they hung him by his neck from Tyburn Tree for stealing sheep
A Dm
It broke her heart to lose her love when she was just a child
A Dm
So a man named Derby took the hand of Jinny meek and mild
G Dm
He was a drinker, not a thinker, daily brought his wife to tears
E
Until one Camden winter morning, Derby simply disappeared
[Chorus]
Dm
If you’re heading down to Camden Town
G Dm
Be sure to raise a toast
A
To the patron saint of the waifs and strays
Dm
To Jinny Bingham’s ghost
[Verse 2]
A Dm
She earned her reputation on those bitter Camden streets
A Dm
If you’d tarry with the Bingham girl, you’d hold your manhood cheap
G Dm
But even so the miser Pitcher was the third man on her lips
E A
Till one night they checked her oven, found him burned up to a crisp
A Dm
They tried her for his murder, thought they’d finally cooked her goose
A Dm
But even when the next man died, Jinny somehow slipped the noose
G Dm
He was a fugitive from justice, for love she took him in
E (riff 1)
But he beat her once to often and the poison did him in
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[Chorus]
Dm
If you’re heading down to Camden Town
G Dm
Be sure to raise a toast
A
To the patron saint of the waifs and strays
Dm
To Jinny Bingham’s ghost
[Bridge]
(all chords palm muted)
F
The locals didn’t like her, false words followed her around
Em
They called her wicked woman, sorceress of some reknown
G
They swore that on the gravestones of her husbands she’d grown rich
E A
The ribald and the righteous, they knew she was a witch
F
But the reason she was hated was a simple one indeed
Em
She had kindness for the careless, she took in those in need
G
The guilty and the gamblers, the harlots and the whores
E A
All knew that Jinny offered sanctuary at her bar
Bb C
No judgement for the judged, and you can never fall too far
[Interlude]
(riff 2)
[Verse 4]
A Dm
On the day she died, they swore they saw the devil by her side
A Dm
A mob broke down her door and from her chair her body pried
G Dm
The tavern is still standing, it’s now called the Underworld
E ( riff 3 )
And it still offers sanctuary for all broken boys and girls
[Chorus]
Dm
So let’s head on down to Camden Town
G Dm
And folks, let’s raise a toast
A
To the patron saint of the waifs and strays
Dm
To Jinny Bingham’s ghost
