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Tom Dooley chords by Doc Watson

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Hang your head, Tom Dooley,
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Hang your head and cry;
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You killed poor Laurie Foster,
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And you know you're bound to die.
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You left her by the roadside
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Where you begged to be excused;
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You left her by the roadside,
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Then you hid her clothes and shoes.

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Verse 2

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Hang your head, Tom Dooley,

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Hang your head and cry;

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You killed poor Laurie Foster,

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And you know you're bound

Interlude 1

to die.

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Verse 3

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You took her on the hillside

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For to make her your wife;

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You took her on the hillside,

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And there you took her life.

Verse 4

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You dug the grave four feet long

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And you dug it three feet deep;

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You rolled the cold clay over her

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And tromped it with your feet.

Verse 5

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Hang your head, Tom Dooley,

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Hang your head and cry;

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You killed poor Laurie Foster,

Interlude 2

And you know you're bound to die.

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Verse 6
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"Trouble, oh it's trouble
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A-rollin' through through my breast;
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As long as I'm a-livin', boys,
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boys,
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They ain't a-gonna let let me rest.

Verse 7

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I know they're gonna hang me,

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Tomorrow I'll be dead,

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Though I never even harmed a hair

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On poor little Laurie's head."

Verse 8
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Hang your head, Tom Dooley,
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Hang your head and cry;
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You killed poor Laurie Foster,
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And you know you're bound to die.
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Interlude 3

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Verse 9

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"In this world and one more

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Then reckon where I'll be;

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If is wasn't for Sheriff Grayson,

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I'd be in Tennessee.

Verse 10

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You can take down my old violin

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And play it all you please.

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For at this time tomorrow, boys,

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It'll be of no use to me."

Verse 11
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Hang your head, Tom Dooley,
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Hang your head and cry;
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You killed poor Laurie Foster,
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And you know you're bound to die.
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Interlude 4

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Verse 12

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"At this time tomorrow

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Where do you reckon I'll be?

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Away down yonder in the holler

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Hangin' on a white oak tree.

Verse 13

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Hang your head, Tom Dooley,

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Hang your head and cry;

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You killed poor Laurie Foster,

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And you know you're bound

Outro 1

to die

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Tom Dooley

Doc Watson

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