tabbed by: EmeraldEyzs

you'll have to listen to get that picking down

INTRO: Bb5  G5   Eb5 C5  G5  Bb5 Eb5  2x

VERSE:

 Bb5                 G5     Eb5
  Early one morning,  with time to kill
C5   G5                   Bb5   Eb5
  I  borrowed Jeb's rifle, and sat on the hill
    Bb5               G5  Eb5
  I saw a lone rider,   Crossing the plain
C5  G5                 Bb5   Eb5
  I drew a bead on him ,  To practice my aim
C5                   C5  F5
  My brother's rifle,  Went off in my hand
F5  F5           F5  F5  Bb5
  A shot rang out        across the land
      Eb5                    C5   G5
  The horse he kept running, the rider was dead 
Eb5  Bb5           G5  Eb5           C5
  I hung my head,  I hung my head


VERSE:


 Bb5                 G5   Eb5                   C5
  I set off running,  to wake from the dream
 G5                   Bb5     Eb5
  My brother's rifle,  went into the stream
 Bb5                 G5  Eb5
  I kept on running, in-to the salt lands
C5    G5                         Bb5  Eb5
  And that's where they found me, my head in my hands
C5                        C5 F5               F5
  The sheriff he asked me,      Why had I run
  F5                 F5  F5    Bb5
  Then it came to me,      just what I had done
      Eb5                 C5   G5
  And all for no reason, just one piece of lead
 Eb5 Bb5           G5  Eb5
  I hung my head, I hung my head

BREAK: Bb5 G5  Eb5  C5   G5  Bb5  Eb5 2x


VERSE:

  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"
Eb5 Bb5           G5  Eb5
  I hung my head, I hung my head
C5  Bb5           G5  Eb5           C5
  I hung my head, I hung my head

BREAK:  Bb5 G5  Eb5  C5   G5  Bb5  Eb5 2x

VERSE:

 Bb5                 G5     Eb5
  Early one morning,  with time to kill
C5  G5              Bb5 Eb5
  I see the gallows,   up on the hill
      Bb5                 G5   Eb5
  And out in the distance,  a trick of the brain
C5  G5               Bb5 Eb5
  I see a lone rider,   crossing the plain
C5                      C5 F5                  F5
  He's come to fetch me,   to see what they done
  F5                   F5  F5   Bb5
  We'll ride together, '     Til kingdom come
    Eb5                   C5    G5
  I pray for God's mercy,  for soon I'll be dead
Eb5  Bb5           G5  Eb5           C5
  I hung my head,  I hung my head
    Bb5           G5  Eb5           C5
  I hung my head, I hung my head
    Bb5           G5  Eb5           C5
  I hung my head, I hung my head
    Bb5           G5  Eb5           C5
  I hung my head, I hung my head
    Bb5           G5  Eb5           C5
  I hung my head, I hung my head