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Wake Up John (Hanging Song) chords by
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Key: A major•
Verse 1
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Wake up,

John, it's time to go

Come along,

John, don't be slow

Wake up,
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John, it's time to go
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A priest joins procession
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just to help me kneel
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With a warner at my elbow and
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a mother at my heel
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Marching in the morning
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down a path I've lately seen
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I was sleeping in his garden,
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I stood in my dream
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The echo of my heartbeat is
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the beating of a drum
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And all the earth is singing
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with life's sweet hum
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We found in soft silence,
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shuffled through a door
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The place where life is taken for
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the let ter of the law
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Shake the holy water,
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set my lamp to guard,
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Dying's very easy,
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waiting's very hard.
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A rope is hanging from the roofside, which covers me,
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A

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I thought to give it and a card could make the girls dream.
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But now all is revealed,
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standing there is just the man,
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My feet are on the trapdoor with
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a rope around my hand
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An d now the executioner is
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shaking hands with me
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My duty I must carry out,
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you poor fellows says he
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The strap is tied around my feet
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and a bag upon my head
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And then the noose we separates
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the living from the dead
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Shake the holy water,
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summon up the dead
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Dying's very easy, waiting's very hard
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Em
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Fairy whispers to me,
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have you anything to say?
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My mouth is dry, my throat's tight,
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I answer, drop away
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Silence now surrounds me,
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my heart is beating on
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Ab
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The trap, the herd, the boot, all my life is still my own
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They stand me in a corner with my
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hands and feet still bound
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While the carpenters call for
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Eb
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an explanation found
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The rain has worked the timbers,
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I hear the hangman say
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It's funny but it worked well,
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Eb
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I tried it yesterday
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All is ended,
C
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now they say it all goes nerdy over
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Your life's as good as ended
A
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But I hear their voices waver
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Once more the boat is shaken,
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then again I hang in limbo
Em
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With a gauntlet on the trapdoor
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and my body stands on tiptoe
Ab
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Shake the holy water,
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D
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summon up the guard
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Dying's very easy,
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waiting's very hard
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They stand me in a corner with
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my hands and feet still tied
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Am
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Bm
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A warder holds onto the noose,
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Eb
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the trapdoor opens wide
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Is it magic or coincidence
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that keeps me on the brink?
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Am
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Bm
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It seems to work without me,
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would it kill me now I think?

Oh!
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Days I'm tired of living,
C
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and I really want to die
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I was taken to the scaffold,
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and I heard that my friend cry,
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Leave, I'm truly sorry,
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forgive these hands are fine
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Be true to both,
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and I'll flood the job for the third and final time
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My life was spread that morning,
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but it wasn't theirs to take
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To increase the votes that law requires
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A man should build a state
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Shake the holy water
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Summon up the gods
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Dying's very easy
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Waiting's very hard
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Shake the holy water
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Summon up the gods
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Dine's very easy, waiting's very hard
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Shake the holy water, summon up the
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God
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Dine's very easy,
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waiting's very hard
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Shake the holy water, summon up the
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God
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Dying's very easy,
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waiting's very hard

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • F

  • C

  • Eb

    6

  • Am

  • Bm

    2

  • Em

  • D

  • Bb

  • A

  • Ab

    4

Capo: 2

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The original key of Wake Up John (Hanging Song) by Fairport Convention is A major.

The primary chords used in Wake Up John (Hanging Song) are A, G, D, F, Bm, C#m.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like A, G, D, F, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Wake Up John (Hanging Song) is approximately 128 beats per minute.

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