Hangknot, Slipknot chords by Woody Guthrie

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Verse 1
D 
 (D major) Did you ever see a
hangman tie a hangknot?
Did you ever see a
A 
D 
hangman tie  (A major)  (D major) a hangknot?
I've seen it many a time
G 
and he winds,  (G major) he winds,
A 
 (A major) After thirteen times he's
D 
Dm 
D 
got  (D major)  (D minor)  (D major) a hangknot.
Tell me will that hangknot slip,

Verse 2
no it will not,
Will that hangknot slip,
A 
no it will  (A major) not.
D 
Slip  (D major) around your neck,
G 
but it won't  (G major) slip back again
A 
 (A major) Hangknot, hangknot, that
D 
 (D major) hangknot.
A 
Did you ever lose  (A major) 

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Verse 3
D 
 (D major) 
G 
A 
D 
Dm 
 (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (D minor) 
F 
Dm 
A 
G 
 (F major)  (D minor)  (A major)  (G major) 
Dm 
D 
 (D minor)  (D major) your
father on a hangknot?
Did you ever lose your
A 
father on  (A major) a hangknot?
D 
 (D major) They hung him from a pole,
G 
and they  (G major) shot him full of holes,
C 
A 
 (C major)  (A major) Left him there to
D 
rot on  (D major) that hangknot.

Verse 4
Tell me who makes the
laws for that hangknot?
Who makes the laws
A 
D 
for that  (A major)  (D major) hangknot?
G 
Who says who will go  (G major) to the calaboose?
A 
 (A major) Get the hangman's noose
D 
on  (D major) a hangknot.
I don't know who makes the

Verse 5
A 
D 
G 
A 
law for  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) that hangknot.
I don't know who makes the
A 
law for that  (A major) hangknot.
D 
 (D major) But the bones of many a men
G 
are whistling  (G major) in the wind,
A 
D 
A 
 (A major) Just  (D major) because  (A major) they tied
D 
their laws with  (D major) 