Key: D major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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John Hardy here
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was a desperate little man
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Carried two guns every day
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He shot a man on the West Virginia line
And I've seen John Hardy
getting away oh boy
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I've seen John Hardy getting away
Verse 2
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And John Hardy went to
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the Keystone bridge
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He thought that he was free
Upstepped the deputy and
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he caught him by the arm
Verse 3
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He said: John Hardy come
and go with me oh boy
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John Hardy come and go with me
John Hardy come and go with me oh boy
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John Hardy come and go with me
Verse 4
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John Hardy had a mother and a dad
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Get down to come and go as bad
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There was no bell for the murdering man
Verse 5
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They chased John Hardy back
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in jail oh boy
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They chased John Hardy
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back in jail
They chased John Hardy back
in jail oh boy
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They chased John Hardy back
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in jail
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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That John Hardy had
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a pretty little wife
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Dressed like she wore the blue
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She came to the jailhouse
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with a loud loud shout
Verse 7
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John Hardy I've been true to you oh boy
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John Hardy I've been true to you
Yes, Johnny I've been
true to you oh boy
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Johnny I've been true to you
Verse 8
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John Hardy, he was standing in his cell
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With tears rolling down his eyes
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Been at the death of many poor men
Verse 9
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Now I'm ready to die oh boy
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Now I'm ready to die
Now I'm ready to die oh boy
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Now I'm ready to die
Verse 10
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Been to the east, I've been to the west
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I've been the whole world around
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Been to the river and I've been baptized
Verse 11
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Take me to my hanging ground,
Lord, Lord
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Take me to my hanging ground
Verse 12
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And John Hardy walked out
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on the sky full high
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Pretty little wife by his side
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And the last word she heard
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for John old sake
Verse 13
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I'll meet now sweet, bye, bye, love, love
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Meet now sweet, bye, bye, love,
Outro 1
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