Intro
 
e | ---------------------------------------------- |  
B | --------0------------------------0------------ |  
G | -----0----0---2-h-4-p-2-p-0----0-------------- |  
D | --0--------------------------0-------2-2-p-0-- |  
A | ---------------------------------------------- |  
E | ---------------------------------------------- |  
 
e | --------------------------------------- |  
B | --------------------------------------- |  
G | ---------0-------0--------------------- |  
D | -------0---------0--------------------- |  
A | -----2-----x3----2----Let Ring--------- |  
E | ---3-------------3--------------------- |  
 
For the whole song, you don't play the high e, just fingerpick the chords and act like it isn't there. 
 
Verse 1
 
               G 
I got a little story that I'd like to tell 
                     D                          G 
about a boy named bishop, who lived atop this hill 
 
people called him a slow boy, said he weren't all there 
                     D                     E 
but he never harmed none, no, he wouldn't dare 
 
Bridge 1
 
                           C                          G 
but when the neighbor's daughter said the child was his 
                          D                              E 
well, the people turned then and wanted blood for his sins 
                 C                                   G   
bishop tried to tell them that none had shared his bed 
                       D                       G 
but the words escaped him; he found tears instead 
 
Verse 2
 
                    G 
well his father begged then for him to bend his knee 
                      D                            G 
that they might be lenient, in time would set him free 
                     
but the boy just stood there with a steady gaze 
                               D                               E 
and said they'd have to break him , 'cause bending weren't his way 
 
Bridge 2
 
                       C                            G 
so they came and took him , and dragged him off in chains 
                       D                          E 
and with the town as witness, he was forced to pay 
                        C                               G 
it weren't 'til he was gone that the girl cleared his name 
                          D                     G  
and now his ghost still haunts us to this very day 
 
Outro
(Accompanied by humming) 
 
G    C     G    D     E    C     G    D    G