Capo 1 
C5                  A5 
I came to town to search for gold 
      C5                  G5 
And I brought with me a memory 
         A5                C5 
And seem to hear the night wind cry 
   A5                  C5 
Go hang your dreams on the hangin tree 
     A5                        C5 
Your dreams of love that could never be 
                G5          C5 
Hang your faded dreams on the hangin tree 

I searched for gold and I found my gold 

And I found a girl who loved just me 

And I wish that I could love her too 

But I left my heart on the hangin tree 

I left my heart with a memory 

And a faded dream on the hangin tree 

Now there were men who craved my gold 

And meant to take my gold from me 

When a man is gone he needs no gold 

So they carried me to the hangin tree 

To join my dreams and a memory 

Yes they carried me to the hangin tree 

To really live you must almost die 

And it happened just that way with me 

They took my gold and set me free 

And I walked away from the hangin tree 

I walked away from the hangin tree 

And my own true love, she walked with me 


      F5                 G5 
Thats when I knew that the hangin tree 
      F5                  C5 
Was a tree of life, new life for me 
  F5                 C5 
A tree of hope new hope for me 
F5                    C5 
A tree of love new love for me 
                 F5                 C5 
The hangin tree, the hangin tree, the hangin tree