The Hangin Tree chords by The Band Of Heathens

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

The Hangin' Tree

Intro:
G+G C majorC FF C majorC G+G

Verse:
G+G                      C majorC
Well, I can hear mamma singin' the hangin' tree
 FF             C majorC   G+G
Sound like someone singin' harmony
 G+G                   C majorC
And me and my brother we don't make a peep
 FF           C majorC     G+G
We go down slow to the hangin' tree
 G+G                 C majorC
Hangin' tree's down by the river's edge
FF              C majorC    G+G
We come up stream and peek over the ledge
 G+G                   C majorC
And mamma's got a rope and a kitchen knife
FF               C majorC     G+G
And the harmony singer is the preacher's wife
 G+G                C majorC
Mamma put a bible in her right hand
  FF           C majorC      G+G
And asked her if she been seein' her man
 G+G                   C majorC
Well, me and my brother don't hear no more
   FF          C majorC    G+G
Cause right then the rain began to pour
 G+G                      C majorC
It was an hour past dark when she came back home
FF              C majorC    G+G
And we never saw papa round here no more
 G+G                   C majorC
Mamma took to sittin' by the hangin' tree
 FF            C majorC     G+G
But there ain't no body singin' harmony

G+G C majorC FF C majorC G+G (1x)

Verse:
 G+G                    C majorC
The preacher's wife she don't leave his side
  FF           C majorC    G+G
And we ain't got papa to tan no hide
 G+G               C majorC
My older brother he took his life
  FF            C majorC      G+G
And I took to peepin' on the preacher's wife

Solo:
 G+G C majorC FF C majorC G+G (6x)

Verse:
G+G              C majorC
I left my mamma when I was sixteen
FF               C majorC    G+G
Strung up in the limbs of the hangin' tree