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D G D Hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead and gone Bm G D Hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead and gone Bm I wouldn't mind the hangin' D Bm But, the layin' in the grave so long, poor boy Bb A D I been all around this world
D G D
Hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead and gone
Bm G D
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I wouldn't mind the hangin'
D Bm
But, the layin' in the grave so long, poor boy
Bb A D
I been all around this world
D G D I been all around Cape Girardeau, parts of Arkansas Bm G D I been all around Cape Girardeau, parts of Arkansas Bm I got so goddamned hungry D Bm I could hide behind a straw, poor boy Bb A D I been all around this world
I been all around Cape Girardeau, parts of Arkansas
I got so goddamned hungry
I could hide behind a straw, poor boy
D G D Went up on a mountain, there I made my stand Bm G D Went up on a mountain, there I made my stand Bm A rifle on my shoulder D Bm And a dagger in my hand, poor boy Bb A D I been all around this world
Went up on a mountain, there I made my stand
A rifle on my shoulder
And a dagger in my hand, poor boy
D G D So, hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead and gone Bm G D Hang me, oh, hang me and I'll be dead and gone Bm I wouldn't mind the hangin' D Bm But, the layin' in the grave so long, poor boy Bb A D I been all around this world
So, hang me, oh, hang me, I'll be dead and gone
Hang me, oh, hang me and I'll be dead and gone
D G D Put the rope around my neck, they hung me up so high Bm G D Put the rope around my neck and hung me up so high Bm The last words I heard 'em say D Bm Won't be long now 'fore ya die, poor boy Bb A D I been all around this world
Put the rope around my neck, they hung me up so high
Put the rope around my neck and hung me up so high
The last words I heard 'em say
Won't be long now 'fore ya die, poor boy