Capo 2

Intro C 

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 
Waiting 'round here too long 

C 
My papa was a gambler 

G                               C 
He taught me how to play 

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

G                                       C 
"When you hold the ace and trey" 

C 
They took me down to old Fort Smith 

G                       C 
Sick as I could be 

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

G               C 
"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 

G                               C 
Little sister makes three 

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

G                       C 
To see the death of me 

C 
They put a rope around my neck 

G                               C 
And drew me way up high 

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

G                       C 
"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 

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