John Hardy chords by
Lead Belly

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Key: D major

Intro 1

Verse 1
G G 
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John
Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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Hardy he was a   desperate little man
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C C 
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D D 
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He carried two guns every day
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D D 
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He shot a man on the West virginia line
Might have seen John Hardy
getting away poor boy
Might have seen John
Hardy getting away

Verse 2
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John Hardy went up upon
Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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that freestone bridge
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C C 
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Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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There he thought he would be free
G G 
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D D 
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Up stepped a deputy and
he caught him by the arm
Dm Dm 
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D D 
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Saying Johnny come and go
with me poor boy
Johnny come and go with me
Johnny come and go with
Dm Dm 
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D D 
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me  poor boy
Johnny come and go with me

Verse 3
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John Hardy had a mother
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A A 
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D D 
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an d a father too
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He sent for them to come
Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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and go  his bail
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D D 
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There was not no bail out for
a murdering man
F F 
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D D 
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They shaved John Hardy back in
jail poor boy
And they shaved John Hardy back in jail
F F 
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D D 
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And they shaved John Hardy
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D D 
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back in jail poor boy
Dm Dm 
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D D 
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They shaved John Hardy back in jail

Verse 4
G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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John Hardy had a purdy little wife
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C C 
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Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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That Mrs oh she wore what blew
G G 
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She came to the jailhouse
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D D 
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with a loud shout
Dm Dm 
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She saying Johnny I've been
D D 
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true to you poor boy
Johnny I've been true to you
Johnny I've been true
to you poor boy
Johnny I've been true to you

Verse 5
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Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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John Hardy was standing in his cell
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D D 
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With tears a rolling down his eye
G G 
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Ive been the death of  a many poor boy
And now I am ready to die lord lord
Now I am ready to die
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D D 
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And now I am ready to die lord lord
And now I am ready to die
G G 
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C C 
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G G 
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D D 
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Go ahead and die

Interlude 1

Uh huh

Verse 6
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I've been to the east I've
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been to the west
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D D 
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I've been this whole wide world round
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Bm Bm 2
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I've been to the east river and
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I've been baptized
Now take me to my hanging
ground lord now
Take me to my hanging ground

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