Tom Dooley chords by The Kingston Trio
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Intro 1
(E major) (B major) "Throughout history
there have been many songs
Written about the eternal triangle
This next one tells the story of Mr. (E major) Grayson
A (B major) beautiful woman,
(E major) and a condemned man named Tom Dooley
(B major) When the sun rises tomorrow,
Tom Dooley must hang" (E major)
Chorus 1
Hang down your head, Tom (E major) Dooley
Hang down your head and (B major) cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die (E major)
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Verse 1
I met her on the moun (E major) tain,
there I took her life (B major)
Met her on the mountain,
stabbed her with my knife (E major)
Chorus 2
Hang down your head, Tom (E major) Dooley
Hang down your head and (B major) cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die (E major)
Verse 2
This time tomor (E major) row reckon where I'll be (B major)
Hadn't-a been for Grayson,
I'd-a been in Tennessee (E major)
(well now, boy)
Chorus 3
Hang down your (E major) head and cry
Hang down your head and (B major) cry
Hang down your head and cry
Poor boy, you're bound to die (E major)
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head and (B major) cry
Hang down your head and cry
Poor boy, you're bound to die (E major)
Verse 3
This time tomor (E major) row reckon where I'll be (B major)
Down in some lonesome valley
hangin' from a white oak (E major) tree
Chorus 4
Hang down your head, Tom (E major) Dooley
Hang down your head and (B major) cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die (E major)
(ah, well now, boy)
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and (B major) cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die (E major)
(B major) Poor boy, you're bound to die (E major)
(B major) Poor boy, you're bound to die (E major)
Poor boy, you're bound to die
Tom Dooley
The Kingston Trio
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