Hangknot, Slipknot chords by Woody Guthrie

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

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

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

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

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