Intro- G5 

G5                 G5          G5               D5 
Boot leather on a barroom floor, fightin' over a dance hall girl 
G5                  C5               G5                D5 
He pulled a knife, I pulled a gun, and I sent him home to glory 
G5                        C5 
The sheriff said son, better go with me 
G5                        D5 
Give me your gun and come peacefully 
      G5                          C5                   D5 
I can drop you right here, or you can tell the court your story 

Chorus: 
G5             D5 
Hang me high, hang me low 
              C5 
They're gonna hang me in the morning 
G5              D5                C5  
Stay away from Jericho, all you rounders, 
(No chord)      G5 
I give you fair warning 


G5                       C5 
Entered my plea, called it self defense, 
  G5           D5 
a sober judge sittin' on the bench 
      G5             C5      G5                  D5 
And i stared into 24 eyes of a hard-nosed Jericho jury 
G5                        C5 
They called it murder in the first degree, 
    G5                      D5 
The judge said, son, stand and look at me 
G5             C5              D5 
Hang him - and may the lord have mercy 

Chorus 
G5                   C5 
Thirteen steps to the scaffold high, 
    G5                        D5 
the whole town's out just to watch me die 
        G5       C5         D5 
And not one to shed a tear of mourning 
G5                         C5 
Please would you honor my last request, 
G5                D5 
when they lay me down to rest 
        G5             C5               D5 
Let the epitaph on my tombstone read this warning 

Chorus2: 
G5             D5 
Hang me high, hang me low 
              C5 
They went to hang me one bright morning morning 
G5              D5                C5  
Stay away from Jericho, all you rounders, 
(No chord)      G5 
I give you fair warning 

Chorus 

Hang me high...