I Hung My Head original guitar chords by 
Johnny Cash 
Key: C major•
Intro 1
C
F
C
F
C
C
Verse 1
C
F
Early one morning, with time to kill
Am
F
I borrowed Jebb's rifle, and sat on a hill
C
F
I saw a lone rider, crossing the plain
Am
F
I drew a bead on him, to practice my aim
Dm
G
My brother's rifle, went off in my hand
C
C
C
C
Verse 2
C
F
I set off running, to wake from the dream
Am
F
My brother's rifle, went into the sheen
C
F
I kept on running, into the south lands
Dm
G
The sheriff he asked me, why had I run
C
And then it come to me, just what I had done
F
Am
And all for no reason, just one piece of lead
C
C
C
C
Verse 3
Am
F
I see the judge, high up in the chair
Am
F
And we'll ask the jury, what verdict they find
Dm
G
I felt the power, of death over life
F
Am
I begged their forgignes, I wish I was dead
C
C
C
C
Verse 4
C
F
Early one morning, with time to kill
Am
F
I see the gallows, up on a hill
C
F
And out in the distance, a trick of the brain
Am
F
I see a lone rider, crossing the plain
Outro 1
C
F
C
F
C
F
C
F
C
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC F Am Dm G
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