Tom Dooley chords by Les Hit Paraders

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Verse 1
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A 
Throughout history,
Em 
there have been many songs
A 
written about the eternal triangle.
D 
This next one tells
the story of a Mr. Grayson,
a beautiful woman,
and a condemned man
named Tom Dooley.
Em 
A 
When the sun rises tomorrow,
Em 
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D 
Tom Dooley must hang.
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Bm 
Em 
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Hang down your head and cry
Em 
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Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
D 
Poor boy, bound to die
Met her on the mountain
Em 
There I took her life
A 
Em 
Met her on the mountain
D 
Stabbed her with my knife
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley,
G 
hang down your head and cry
A 
G 
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley,
D 
poor boy, you're bound to die
This time tomorrow,
Em 
reckonin' where I'd be
A 
Em 
Hadn't it been for Grayson,
I'd have been in Tennessee
D 
A 
Well now, boy,
D 
hang down your head and cry,
A 
hang down your head and cry,
hang down your head and cry,
poor boy, you're bound to die
D 
A 
Well now, boy,
D 
hang down your head to me
Gm 
Hang down your head and cry
A 
Oh, well, hang down your
head and talk to me
D 
Oh, boy, you're bound to die
This time tomorrow,
Em 
reckon where I'd be
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Em 
Down in some lonesome valley
G 
D 
Hangin' from a white oak tree
Hang down your head, Dooley
G 
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, bound to die
D 
A 
Well now, boy
D 
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
G 
Hang down your head and cry
A 
Oh, well
G 
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
D 
Poor boy, you're bound to die
G 
D 
Poor boy, you're bound to die
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D 
Poor boy, you're bound to die
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Poor boy, you're bound to die