I Hung My Head -------------- ---> Capo on 3rd Fret !!! Gadd9 3-x-0-2-0-3 Cadd9 x-3-2-0-3-3 Emadd9 0-2-2-0-0-2 Dadd11/C x-0-0-0-1-2 D7 x-0-0-2-1-2 Gadd9 Cadd9 Early one morning with time to kill Emadd9 Cadd9 I borrowed Jeb's rifle and sat on the hill Gadd9 Cadd9 I saw a lone rider crossing the plain Emadd9 Cadd9 I drew a bead on him to practice my aim Am Dadd11/C My brother's rifle went off in my hand D7 Gadd9 A shot rang out across the land Cadd9 Emadd9 The horse he kept running, the rider was dead Gadd9 Cadd9 I hung my head, I hung my head I set off running to wake from the dream And my brother's rifle went into the stream I kept on running into the salt lands And that's where they found me, my head in my hands The sheriff he asked me "Why had I run" Then it came to me just what I had done And all for no reason, just one piece of lead I hung my head, I hung my head Here in the courthouse, the whole town is there I see the judge high up in his chair "Explain to the courtroom what went through your mind And we'll ask the jury what verdict they find" I said "I felt the power of death over life I orphaned his children, I widowed his wife I beg their forgiveness, I wish I was dead" I hung my head, I hung my head Early one morning with time to kill I see the gallows up on the hill And out in the distance a trick of the brain I see a lone rider crossing the plain He's come to fetch me to see what they done We'll ride together til Kingdom come I pray for God's mercy for soon I'll be dead I hung my head, I hung my head