Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
DbDb C majorC FF DbDb C majorC FF
Chorus:
FF Bb majorBb FF
Hang me, oh, hang me, and I'll be dead and gone.
FF DmDm Bb majorBb FF
Hang me, oh, hang me,and I'll be dead and gone.
FF DmDm FF DmDm
I wouldn't mind the hanging, it‘s laying in this grave so long
DmDm DbDb C majorC FF
Poor boy, I've been all around this world.
Instrumental:
DbDb C majorC FF DbDb C majorC FF
Verse:
FF Bb majorBb FF
I been all around Cape Girardeau, parts of Arkansas
FF DmDm Bb majorBb FF
I been all around Cape Girardeau, parts of Arkansas
FF DmDm FF DmDm
Got so goddamn hungry, I could hide behind a straw
DmDm DbDb C majorC FF
Poor boy, I've been all around this world.
Instrumental:
DbDb C majorC FF DbDb C majorC FF
Verse:
FF Bb majorBb FF
So I went up on the mountain, there to made my stand
FF DmDm Bb majorBb FF
I went up on the mountain, there to made my stand
FF DmDm FF DmDm
A augmentedA rifle on my shoulder,a dagger swinging in my hand
DmDm DbDb C majorC FF
Poor boy, I've been all around this world.
Instrumental:
DbDb C majorC FF DbDb C majorC FF
Chorus:
FF Bb majorBb FF
So, hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead and gone.
FF DmDm Bb majorBb FF
Hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead and gone.
FF DmDm FF DmDm
I wouldn't mind the hanging it‘s laying in this grave so long
DmDm DbDb C majorC FF
Poor boy, I've been all around this world.
Instrumental:
DbDb C majorC FF DbDb C majorC FF
Verse:
FF Bb majorBb FF
So put the rope around my neck, hang me up so high
FF DmDm Bb majorBb FF
He put the rope around my neck, and hung me up so high
FF DmDm FF DmDm
Last words I heard them say was: "It won't be long before you die"
DmDm DbDb C majorC FF
Poor boy, I've been all around this world.
Instrumental:
DbDb C majorC FF DbDb C majorC FF
Chorus:
FF Bb majorBb FF
Hang me, oh, hang me and I'll be dead and gone.
FF DmDm Bb majorBb FF
Hang me, oh, hang me, and I'll be dead and gone.
FF DmDm FF DmDm
I wouldn't mind the hanging but to lay in this grave so long
DmDm DbDb C majorC FF
Poor boy, I've been all around this world.
Outro:
DbDb C majorC FF DbDb C majorC FF