I Hung My Head

I Hung My Head easy guitar chords by Johnny Cash

2002•Country
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    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Early 
    one 
    morning, 
    with 
    time 
    to 
    kill 

    I 
    borrowed 
    Jebb's 
    rifle, 
    and 
    sat 
    on 
    a 
    hill 

    I 
    saw 
    a 
    lone 
    rider, 
    crossing 
    the 
    plain 

    I 
    drew 
    a 
    bead 
    on 
    him, 
    to 
    practice 
    my 
    aim 

    My 
    brother's 
    rifle, 
    went 
    off 
    in 
    my 
    hand 

    A 
    shot 
    rang 
    out, 
    a
    cross 
    the 
    land 

    The 
    horse, 
    he 
    kept 
    running 

    The 
    rider 
    was 
    dead 

    I 
    hung 
    my 
    head 

    I 
    hung 
    my 
    head 


    Verse 2
    I 
    set 
    off 
    running, 
    to 
    wake 
    from 
    the 
    dream 

    My 
    brother's 
    rifle, 
    went 
    into 
    the 
    sheen 

    I 
    kept 
    on 
    running, 
    in
    to 
    the 
    south 
    lands 

    That's 
    where 
    they 
    found 
    me, 

    my 
    head 
    in 
    my 
    hands 

    The 
    sheriff 
    he 
    asked 
    me, 
    why 
    had 
    I 
    run 

    And 
    then 
    it 
    come 
    to 
    me, 
    just 
    what 
    I 
    had 
    done 

    And 
    all 
    for 
    no 
    reason, 
    just 
    one 
    piece 
    of 
    lead 

    I 
    hung 
    my 
    head 

    I 
    hung 
    my 
    head 


    Verse 3
    Here 
    in 
    the 
    court 
    house, 

    the 
    whole 
    town 
    was 
    there 

    I 
    see 
    the 
    judge, 
    high 
    up 
    in 
    the 
    chair 

    Ex
    plain 
    to 
    the 
    court 
    room, 

    what 
    went 
    through 
    your 
    mind 

    And 
    we'll 
    ask 
    the 
    jury, 
    what 
    verdict 
    they 
    find 

    I 
    felt 
    the 
    power, 
    of 
    death 
    over 
    life 

    I 
    orphaned 
    his 
    children, 
    I 
    widowed 
    his 
    wife 

    I 
    begged 
    their 
    forgignes, 
    I 
    wish 
    I 
    was 
    dead 

    I 
    hung 
    my 
    head 

    I 
    hung 
    my 
    head 

    I 
    hung 
    my 
    head 

    I 
    hung 
    my 
    head 


    Verse 4
    Early 
    one 
    morning, 
    with 
    time 
    to 
    kill 

    I 
    see 
    the 
    gallows, 
    up 
    on 
    a 
    hill 

    And 
    out 
    in 
    the 
    distance, 
    a 
    trick 
    of 
    the 
    brain 

    I 
    see 
    a 
    lone 
    rider, 
    crossing 
    the 
    plain 

    And 
    he'd 
    come 
    to 
    fetch 
    me, 

    to 
    see 
    what 
    they'd 
    done 

    And 
    we'll 
    ride 
    together, 
    to 
    kingdom 
    come 

    I 
    prayed 
    for 
    God's 
    mercy, 

    ´cause 
    soon 
    I'd 
    be 
    dead 

    I 
    hung 
    my 
    head 

    I 
    hung 
    my 
    head 

    I 
    hung 
    my 
    head 

    I 
    hung 
    my 
    head 

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