Intro - C-F-C-F-C

C
Early one morning
     F
With time to kill
  Am
I borrowed Jeb's rifle
    F
And sat on the hill
  C
I saw a lone rider
F
Crossing the plain
  Am
I Drew a bead on him
   F
To practice my aim
Dm
My brothers rifle
     G
Went off in my hand

A shot rang out
C
Accross the land
    F
The horse he kept running
    Am
The rider was dead
  C
I hung my head
  F
I hung my head


C
I set off running
   F
To wake from the dream
Am
My brothers rifle
     F
Went into the scheem
C
I kept on running
F
Into the south land
    Am
And thats where they found me
   F
My head in my hands
    Dm
The sherrif he asked me
G
Why had i run

Then it came to me
     C
Just what I had done
    F
And all for no reason
     Am
Just one peice of lead
  C
I hung my head
  F
I hung my head

C

C
here in the courthouse
    F
The whole town was there
Am
I see the judge
     F
High up in his chair
   C
"Explain to the courtroom
     F
What went through your mind
    Am
And we'll ask the jury
     F
What verdict they find"
        Dm
i said "I felt the power
   G
Of death over life

I orphaned his children
  C
I widowed his wife
  F
I beg their forgivness
  Am
I wish i was dead
  C
I hung my head
  F
I hung my head

C

C
Early one morning
     F
With time to kill
Am
I see the gallows
F
Up on the hill
    C
And out in the distance
  F
A Trick of the brain
  Am
I see a lone rider
F
Crossing the plain
Dm
He's come to fetch me
   G
to see what they done

We'll ride together
C
'Till kingdom come
  F
I pray for god's mercy
    F
for soon i'll be dead
  C               F
I hung my head, i hung my head
  C               F
I hung my head, i hung my head
  C               F
I hung my head, i hung my head

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