Hang down your head Tom Dooley

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   Chorus
         D                              
         Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
                                 A7   
         Hang down your head and cry,

         Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
                                   D   
         Poor boy, you're bound to die,

   Verse 1
           D                         
         I met her on the mountain,
                              A7   
         and there I took her life,

         Met her on the mountain,
                             D     
         stabbed her with my knife,


   Chorus
         D                              
         Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
                                 A7   
         Hang down your head and cry,

         Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
                                   D   
         Poor boy, you're bound to die,


   Verse 2
         D                  
         This time tomorrow,
                        A7  
         reckon' where I'd be,

         Hadn't been for Grayson,
                           D   
         I'd been in Tennessee,


   Chorus
         D                              
         Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
                                 A7   
         Hang down your head and cry,

         Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
                                   D   
         Poor boy, you're bound to die,


   Verse 3
         D                  
         This time tomorrow,
                           A7  
         reckon' where I'll be,

         Down in some lonesome valley,
                                 D    
         hangin' from a white oak tree,


   Chorus
         D                              
         Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
                                 A7   
         Hang down your head and cry,

         Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
                                   D   
         Poor boy, you're bound to die,