I Hung My Head chords by
Johnny Cash

2002Country2.2K views

Key: C major

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Early one morning, with time to kill
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I borrowed Jebb's rifle, and sat on a hill
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I saw a lone rider, crossing the plain
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I drew a bead on him, to practice my aim
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My  brother's rifle, went off in my hand
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A shot rang out, across the land
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The horse, he kept running
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The rider was dead
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I hung my head
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I hung my head
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Verse 2
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I  set off running, to wake from the dream
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My  brother's rifle, went into the sheen
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I  kept on running, into the south lands
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That's where they found me,
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my head in my hands
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The sheriff he asked me, why had I run
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And then it come to me, just what I had done
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And all for no reason, just one piece of lead
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I hung my head
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I hung my head
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Verse 3
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Here in the court house,
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the whole town was there
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I   see the judge, high up in the chair
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Explain to the court room,
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what went through your mind
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And we'll ask the jury, what verdict they find
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I   felt the power, of death over life
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I orphaned his children, I widowed his wife
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I begged their forgignes, I wish I was dead
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I hung my head
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I hung my head
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I hung my head
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I hung my head
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Verse 4
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Early one morning, with time to kill
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I   see the gallows, up on a hill
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And out in the distance, a trick of the brain
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I see a lone rider, crossing the plain
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And he'd come to fetch me,
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to see what they'd done
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And we'll ride together, to kingdom come
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I prayed for God's mercy,
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´cause soon I'd be dead
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I hung my head
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I hung my head
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I hung my head
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I hung my head

Outro 1

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