John Hardy chords by Leadbelly

John Hardy as recorded by Leadbelly
Tune every string a whole tone down
hence the song is in the key of G


   A     D   E
John Hardy, he was a desperate little man
  A      D     E
He carried two guns every day
  A    D     E
He shot a man on the West Virginia line
  E
I seen John Hardy getting? away poor boy
  E
I seen John Hardy getting? away

   A     D     E
John Hardy went up on that Keyestone bridge
A D        E
He thought he was free
A     D      E
Up came a man and he caught him by the arm
   E
Said "Johnny, come and go with me poor boy,
E
Johnny, come and go with me"

   A      D      E
John Hardy had a mother and a father too
  A       D        E
He begged them to come and go his bail
     A      D      E
There was no bail allowed for the murderin? man
   E
They chased John Hardy back in jail poor boy
   E
They chased John Hardy back in jail

   A    D   E
John Hardy he had a pretty little wife
A         D    E
And the dress she wore was blue
  A      D     E
She come to the jailhouse with a loud shout
   E
Said ?Johnny I been true to you poor boy,
E
Johnny I been true to you?

   A      D   E
John Hardy, was standing in his cell
   A     D        E
And tears are rollin? down his eyes
     A        D     E
Said, "I have been at the death of many a poor man
  E
And now I am ready to die poor boy
  E
And now I am ready to die"

   A      D     E
I've been to the east I've been to the west
   A     D     E
I've been the whole wide world around
   A      D    E
I've been to the river and I've been to baptized
E
Take me to my hanging ground Lord, Lord
E
And take me to my hanging ground


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