Gallows Pole chords by Neil Young

Chords with lyrics

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GALLOWS POLE - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
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Tabbed by: Neno


This is the overall harmony, he adds substitutions to these chords to give it a more
bluesy sound but this will give you a good starting point.

Ebdim7: x67x78  or  xx1212

*The bracketed notes indicate a walking bass should you chose to add it. They ARE NOT
separate chords. You can also play (F-F#) as a walking bass instead of playing the D#dim7D#dim7 chord.

G minorGm    Eb MajorEb    D MajorD     G minorGm   G minorGm    Eb MajorEb  D7D7
Hangman, hangman, slack your rope, slack it for a while
 Eb MajorEb   *Ebdim7 G minorGm      C minorCm   (Bb-A) G minorGm
I think I see my papa comin', ridin' a many a mile.

C minorCm
Ooohhh...

G minorGm      Eb MajorEb    D MajorD  G minorGm G minorGm      Eb MajorEb    D7D7
Papa did you bring me silver? Papa did you bring me gold?
    Eb MajorEb   Ebdim7Ebdim7 G minorGm   C minorCm   (Bb-A) G minorGm
Did you come to see me hangin' by that gallows pole?

C minorCm

G minorGm    Eb MajorEb    D MajorD  G minorGm G minorGm   Eb MajorEb    D7D7
 Didn't bring no silver, didn't bring no gold
 Eb MajorEb   Ebdim7Ebdim7 G minorGm     C minorCm   (Bb-A) G minorGm
I came to see you hang, boy, by the gallows pole

C minorCm
Aaahhh...

G minorGm    Eb MajorEb    D MajorD     G minorGm  G minorGm    Eb MajorEb  D7D7
Hangman, hangman, slack your rope, slack it for a while
 Eb MajorEb   Ebdim7Ebdim7 G minorGm         C minorCm   (Bb-A) G minorGm
I think I see my mama comin', she's ridin' a many a mile.

C minorCm
Ooohhh...

G minorGm      Eb MajorEb    D MajorD  G minorGm G minorGm      Eb MajorEb    D7D7
Mama did you bring me silver? Mama did you bring me gold?
    Eb MajorEb   Ebdim7Ebdim7 G minorGm   C minorCm   (Bb-A) G minorGm
Did you come to see me hangin' by that gallows pole?

C minorCm

G minorGm        Eb MajorEb D MajorD  G minorGm      G minorGm    Eb MajorEb D7D7
Didn't bring you any silver, couldn't bring you any gold
 Eb MajorEb   Ebdim7Ebdim7 G minorGm      C minorCm   (Bb-A) G minorGm
I came to see you hang, child, by the gallows pole

C minorCm
Aaahhh...

G minorGm    Eb MajorEb    D MajorD     G minorGm  G minorGm    Eb MajorEb  D7D7
Hangman, hangman, slack your rope, slack it for a while
 Eb MajorEb   Ebdim7Ebdim7 G minorGm        C minorCm   (Bb-A) G minorGm
I think I see my sweetheart, she's ridin' a many a mile

C minorCm
Ooohhh...

G minorGm      Eb MajorEb    D MajorD  G minorGm G minorGm       Eb MajorEb    D7D7
Honey did you bring me silver? Honey did you bring me gold?
    Eb MajorEb   Ebdim7Ebdim7 G minorGm   C minorCm   (Bb-A) G minorGm
Did you come to see me hangin' by the gallows pole?

G minorGm      Eb MajorEb   D MajorD  G minorGm G minorGm       Eb MajorEb   D7D7
I brought you a little silver, I brought you a little gold
    Eb MajorEb   Ebdim7Ebdim7 G minorGm   C minorCm   (Bb-A) G minorGm
Didn't come to see you hangin' by that gallows pole

C minorCm
Aaahhh...

Repeat last 2 lines.