Lynchin' Party chords by Bobby Bare

SimplifiedC# · G · A · D · C

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Verse 1
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The Lynch mob gathered in
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the square across from the jail
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Young Billy watched them from his
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cell and  felt his courage fail
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C 
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Bill swore he wasn't guilty but
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the evidence was plain
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Tomorrow he would go on trial
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for killing Mary Jane
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They shouted beat the prisoner hardy we're
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gonna have a Lynchin' party
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Gonna hang him high watch him
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die for killing Mary Jane
D 

Verse 2
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The mob is closer to the jail
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excitement all around
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The deputies kept moving back
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afraid to hold their ground
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Then the young girl cried you cowards but
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the Lynch mob searched ahead
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Dragged young Billy from that jail
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and soon the kid was dead
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D 
They shouted beat the prisoner

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Interlude 1

hardy...

Verse 3
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The weeks went by and no one
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spoke about it anymore
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Or seemed to see the wreath Bill's
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mother hung upon the door
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Then one night they dragged a
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ragged hobo from a train
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And he confessed he was the one
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who killed young Mary Jane
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They shouted beat the
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prisoner hardy...
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Gonna hang him high watch him die
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for killing Mary Jane