Key: Bb major
Verse 1
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D
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C
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John Hardy was a
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Carried two guns every day
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F
G
Shot a man on the West Virginia line
Lord, you oughta seen John
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G
Hardy getting away
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G
John Hardy, he got to be so rich
C
F
G
Thought that he could be free
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F
But up came a man
D
G
C
Saying, Johnny, come along with me
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G
C
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C
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D
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John Hardy, he had a pretty little girl
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The dress that she wore was blue
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She came a -skippin' to
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Saint Papa, I'll be true to you
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John Hardy, he had another little girl
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The dress that she wore was red
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She followed John Hardy to
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Saint Papa, I'd rather be dead
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C
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C
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D
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I've been to the East
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G
I've been this wide world around
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I've been to the river and
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G
Go dig my grave so long and wide
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Go dig it wide and deep
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Put a picture of a pretty girl at my feet
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G
And a .45 a -layin' at my head
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG D C F
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