Verse: (spoken)
 
Oh Mama, I'm in fear for my life  
from the long arm of the law 
Law man has put an end to my running  
and I'm so far from my home 
Oh Mama, I can hear you crying  
you're so scared and all alone 
Hangman is coming down from the gallows  
and I don't have very long 


C   D   F  G 
The jig is up,  
C   D    F  G 
the news is out 
C    D F G         F 
They finally found me 
C   D F G 
The renegade  
C   D   F  G 
who had it made 
C D       F   G     F 
Retrieved for a bounty 
F 
Never more to go astray 
G 
This'll be the end today 
       D F G  D F G F    
Of the wanted man 



Riff: D F G  D F G F 


Verse: 

Bb A G   A    Bb          A  G   A  Bb                   A  G 
Oh Mama, I've been years on the lam and had a high price on my head 

Bb  A  G     A   Bb       A  G A    Bb                      A   G 
Lawman said 'Get him dead or alive' and it's for sure he'll see me dead 

Bb   A G  A  Bb      A G A  Bb                        A   G 
Dear Mama I can hear you cryin', you're so scared and all alone 

Bb  A   G  A  Bb       A    G   A  Bb                    A G   
Hangman is comin' down from the gallows and I don't have very long 



C   D   F  G   C   D    F  G 
The jig is up, the news is out 
C    D F G         F 
They finally found me 
C   D F G    C   D   F  G 
The renegade who had it made 
C D       F   G     F 
Retrieved for a bounty 
F 
Never more to go astray 
G 
The judge'll have revenge today 
       D F G  D F G F 
On the wanted man