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Tom Dooley easy guitar chords by
Doc Watson
Doc Watson

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Intro 1
G
C
G
D
G
C

G
C
G
D
G
C

G


Verse 1
C

Hang your head, Tom Dooley,
G

Hang your head and cry;
D
G

You killed poor Laurie Foster,
C
G

And you know you're bound to die.
C

You left her by the roadside
G

Where you begged to be excused;
D
G

You left her by the roadside,
C
G

Then you hid her clothes and shoes.
Verse 2
C

Hang your head, Tom Dooley,
G

Hang your head and cry;
D
G

You killed poor Laurie Foster,
C

And you know you're bound
Interlude 1

to die.
G
C
G
D
C

G

Verse 3
C

You took her on the hillside
G

For to make her your wife;
D
G

You took her on the hillside,
C
G

And there you took her life.
Verse 4
C

You dug the grave four feet long
G

And you dug it three feet deep;
D
G

You rolled the cold clay over her
C
G

And tromped it with your feet.
Verse 5
C

Hang your head, Tom Dooley,
G

Hang your head and cry;
D
G
C

You killed poor Laurie Foster,
Interlude 2

And you know you're bound to die.
G
C

G
D
G
C
G

C
G
D
G
C
G

Verse 6
C

"Trouble, oh it's trouble
G

A-rollin' through through my breast;
D

As long as I'm a-livin', boys,
G

boys,
C
G

They ain't a-gonna let let me rest.
Verse 7
C

I know they're gonna hang me,
G

Tomorrow I'll be dead,
D
G

Though I never even harmed a hair
C
G

On poor little Laurie's head."
Verse 8
C

Hang your head, Tom Dooley,
G

Hang your head and cry;
D
G

You killed poor Laurie Foster,
C
G

And you know you're bound to die.
C
Interlude 3
G
D
C

G
C
G
D
C

G

Verse 9
G
C

"In this world and one more
G

Then reckon where I'll be;
D
G

If is wasn't for Sheriff Grayson,
C
G

I'd be in Tennessee.
Verse 10
G
C

You can take down my old violin
G

And play it all you please.
D
G

For at this time tomorrow, boys,
C
G

It'll be of no use to me."
Verse 11
G
C

Hang your head, Tom Dooley,
G

Hang your head and cry;
D
G

You killed poor Laurie Foster,
C
G

And you know you're bound to die.
C
Interlude 4
G
D
G
C

G
C
G
D
G
C

G

Verse 12
C

"At this time tomorrow
G

Where do you reckon I'll be?
D
G

Away down yonder in the holler
C
G

Hangin' on a white oak tree.
Verse 13
C

Hang your head, Tom Dooley,
G

Hang your head and cry;
D
G

You killed poor Laurie Foster,
C

And you know you're bound
Outro 1

to die
G
C
G
D
G
C

G

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