Capo 2

Intro C

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Hang me, oh hang me

G               C
So I'll be dead and gone

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I wouldn't mind your hang boys, I've been waiting 'round here too long

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Waiting 'round here too long

C
My papa was a gambler

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He taught me how to play

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He said, "Son, don't you go a baggin' when you hold the ace and trey"

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"When you hold the ace and trey"

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They took me down to old Fort Smith

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Sick as I could be

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And they handed me a letter saying "Son, come home to me"

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"Son, come home to me"

G               C
Hang me, oh hang me

G               C
So I'll be dead and gone

F                       C                              F                              C
I wouldn't mind your hang boys, I've been waiting 'round here too long

G                               C
I've been waiting 'round here too long

C
My father and mother

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Little sister makes three

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They all came to the gallows, to see the death of me

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To see the death of me

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They put a rope around my neck

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And drew me way up high

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I could hear the crowd singing, "It won't be long til he dies"

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"It won't be long til he dies"

G                       C
Hang me, oh hang me

G                       C
So I'll be dead and gone

F                       C                              F                      C
I wouldn't mind your hang boys, I've been waiting 'round here too long

G                               C
I've been waiting 'round here too long

G                       C
Hang me, oh hang me

G                       C
So I'll be dead and gone

F                       C                              F                      C
I wouldn't mind your hang boys, I've been waiting 'round here too long

G                               C
I've been waiting 'round here too long

G                       C
Hang me, oh hang me

G                       C
So I'll be dead and gone

F                       C                              F                      C
I wouldn't mind your hang boys, I've been waiting 'round here too long

G                               C
I've been waiting 'round here too long

G                               C
I've been waiting 'round here too long

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I've been waiting 'round here too long