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                I Hung My Head - Blue Highway
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Blue Highway
I Hung My Head (1999)
(Sting)

From: "Blue Highway"

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INTRO
| G| (320003@1)C| (x32010@1)Em| (022000@1)C| (x32010@1)
| G| (320003@1)C| (x32010@1)Em| (022000@1)C| (x32010@1)
G (320003@1)                    CEarly (x32010@1)one morning with time to kill
  Em (022000@1)                 CI (x32010@1)borrowed a rifle and sat on a hill
  G (320003@1)              CI (x32010@1)saw a lone rider crossing the plain
  Em (022000@1)                  CI (x32010@1)drew a bead on him to practice my aim

Am (x02210@1)                    DMy (xx0232@1)brother's rifle went off in my hand
  D (xx0232@1)            GA (320003@1)shot rang out across the land
    C (x32010@1)                        EmThe (022000@1)horse, it kept running the rider was dead
  G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)            | Em| (022000@1)C| (x32010@1)I hung my head, I hung my head

G (320003@1)                  CI (x32010@1)set off running to wake from my dream
Em (022000@1)                    CMy (x32010@1)brother's rifle went into the stream
G (320003@1)                 CI (x32010@1)kept on running into the south lands
Em (022000@1)                           CThat's (x32010@1)where they found me, my head in my hands

Am (x02210@1)                DThe (xx0232@1)sheriff he asked me why had I run
    D (xx0232@1)                     GAnd (320003@1)then it came to me just what I had done
    C (x32010@1)                    EmAnd (022000@1)all for no reason just one piece of lead
  G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)            | Em| (022000@1)C| (x32010@1)I hung my head, I hung my head

SOLO
| G| (320003@1)C| (x32010@1)Em| (022000@1)C| (x32010@1)
| G| (320003@1)C| (x32010@1)Em| (022000@1)C| (x32010@1)
G (320003@1)                         CHere (x32010@1)in the court house the whole town was there
Em (022000@1)                 CI (x32010@1)see the judge high up in his chair
   G (320003@1)                          C"Explain (x32010@1)to the court room what went through your mind
    Em (022000@1)                    CAnd (x32010@1)we'll ask the jury what verdict they find"

Am (x02210@1)             DI (xx0232@1)felt the power of death and life
  D (xx0232@1)                      GI (320003@1)orphaned his children, I widowed his wife
  C (x32010@1)                      EmI (022000@1)beg their forgiveness, I wish I were dead
  G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)            | Em| (022000@1)C| (x32010@1)I hung my head, I hung my head

SOLO
| Am| (x02210@1)D| (xx0232@1)G| (320003@1)C| (x32010@1)Em| (022000@1)C| (x32010@1)| G| (320003@1)C| (x32010@1)Em| (022000@1)C| (x32010@1)
| Am| (x02210@1)D| (xx0232@1)D| (xx0232@1)G| (320003@1)C| (x32010@1)Em| (022000@1)| G| (320003@1)C| (x32010@1)Em| (022000@1)C| (x32010@1)
G (320003@1)                    CEarly (x32010@1)one morning with time to kill
Em (022000@1)                   CI (x32010@1)see the gallows high up on a hill
    G (320003@1)                    CAnd (x32010@1)out in the distance, a trick of the brain
  Em (022000@1)             CI (x32010@1)see a lone rider crossing the plain

Am (x02210@1)                     DHe's (xx0232@1)come to fetch me to see what they've done
    D (xx0232@1)                 GAnd (320003@1)we'll ride together to kingdom come
  C (x32010@1)                        EmI (022000@1)prayed for god's mercy for soon I'll be dead
  G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)     Em (022000@1)         CI (x32010@1)hung my head,       I hung my head
  G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)| Em| (022000@1)C| (x32010@1)I hung my head

OUTRO
| G| (320003@1)C| (x32010@1)Em| (022000@1)C| (x32010@1)
| G| (320003@1)C| (x32010@1)Em| (022000@1)C| (x32010@1)
(repeat and fade)