Gallows Pole chords by Uncle Sinner

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Hangman, hangman,
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slack your line a while
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I think I see my father coming,
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riding many miles
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Did you bring me a little silver or
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did you bring me a little gold
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What did you bring me, my own father
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To keep me from the gallows pole?
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"I didn't bring you no silver,
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I didn't bring you no gold
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I just came to watch you swinging high up from
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the gallows pole"

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Interlude 1

Verse 2
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Hangman, hangman,
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slack your line a while
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I think I see my mother coming rid
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C 
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ing many miles
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Did you bring me a little silver or did
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you bring me a little gold
What did you bring me,
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my only mother
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To keep me from the gallows
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pole?
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"I didn't bring you no silver,
I didn't bring you no gold
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I just came to watch you swinging high up from the gallows

Interlude 2

pole"

Verse 3
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Hangman, hangman,
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Dm 
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slack your line a while
I think I see my brother coming
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riding many miles
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Did you bring me a little silver or
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did you me a little gold
What did you bring me,
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my one brother
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To keep me from the gallows
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G 
C 
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pole?
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"I brought you a little silver and I
brought you a little gold
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I brought a little of everything
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D 
F 
C 
Just to keep you from the gallows
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pole"

Interlude 3

Verse 4
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Sundown, sundown, moon on the rise
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I think I see the hangman coming,
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murder in his eyes
I thought I heard a little silver,
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I thought I heard a little gold
Down in the well of the
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hangman's pockets
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Walking to the gallows pole