I Hung My Head chords by Bruce Springsteen

Intro:
G

Verse:
 G                    Em
Early one morning, with time to kill

    G                          Em
I borrowed Jeb's rifle, and sat on the hill

    G                   Em
I saw a lone rider, crossing the plane

     G                       Em
I drew a beed on him, to practice my aim

 Am                     D
My Brother's rifle went off in my hand

    Am                G
A shot rang out across the land

      C                            G
The horse he kept running, the rider was dead


Chorus:
    G                 Em                 G
I hung my head, I hung my head, I hung my head,


Verse:
 G                        Em
I set off running, to wake from this dream

 G                      Em
My brother's rifle, went into the stream

 G                      Em
I kept on running, into the salt lands

   G                               Em
That's where they found me, my head in my hands

 Am                          D
The sheriff he asked me, why had I run

 Am                       G
Then it came to me, just what I had done

    C                      G
And all for no reason, just one piece of lead


Chorus:
    G                 Em
I hung my head, I hung my head

    G                 Em
I hung my head, I hung my head


Solo:
G   Em (X4)
Am  D
C   G
G   Em (X2)

Verse:
 G                              Em
Here in the courthouse, the whole town is there

 G                    Em
I see the judge, high up in his chair:

      G                        Em
"Explain to the courtroom, what went through your mind

       G                    Em
And we'll ask the jury, what verdict they find"

    Am                            D
I said "I felt the power, of death over life

                Am                           D
(The power to) orphaned his children, widowed his wife

    C                       G
I ask no forgiveness, I wish I was dead"


Chorus:
 G                 Em
I hung my head, I hung my head

 G                 Em
I hung my head, I hung my head


Verse:
 G                    Em
Early one morning, with time to kill

 G                    Em
I see the gallows, up on the hill

 G                          Em
Out in the distance, a trick of the brain

    G                    Em
I see a lone rider, crossing the plain

 Am                            D
He's come to give me, to see what they done

 Am                       D
We'll ride together, till kingdom come

   C                        G
I ask for no mercy, for soon I'll be dead


Chorus:
    G                 Em
I hung my head, I hung my head

    G                 Em
I hung my head, I hung my head

    G                 Em
I hung my head, I hung my head

    G                 Em
I hung my head, I hung my head


Outro:
G   Em (X4)
Am  D (X2)
C   G
G   Em (X4)