tabbed by: EmeraldEyzs you'll have to listen to get that picking down INTRO: Bb Gm Eb Cm Gm Bb Eb 2x VERSE: Bb Gm Eb Early one morning, with time to kill Cm Gm Bb Eb I borrowed Jeb's rifle, and sat on the hill Bb Gm Eb I saw a lone rider, Crossing the plain Cm Gm Bb Eb I drew a bead on him, To practice my aim Cm Cm/Bb F My brother's rifle, Went off in my hand F/G F F/A F/F Bb A shot rang out across the land Eb Cm Gm The horse he kept running, the rider was dead Eb Bb Gm Eb Cm I hung my head, I hung my head VERSE: Bb Gm Eb Cm I set off running, to wake from the dream Gm Bb Eb My brother's rifle, went into the stream Bb Gm Eb I kept on running, in-to the salt lands Cm Gm Bb Eb And that's where they found me, my head in my hands Cm Cm/Bb F F/G The sheriff he asked me, Why had I run F F/A F/F Bb Then it came to me, just what I had done Eb Cm Gm And all for no reason, just one piece of lead Eb Bb Gm Eb I hung my head, I hung my head BREAK: Bb Gm Eb Cm Gm Bb Eb 2x VERSE: Here in the courthouse, the whole town is there I see the judge, High up in his chair "Explain to the courtroom, what went through your mind And we'll ask the jury, what verdict they find" I said "I felt the power, of death over life I orphaned his children, I widowed his wife I beg their forgiveness, I wish I was dead" Eb Bb Gm Eb I hung my head, I hung my head Cm Bb Gm Eb Cm I hung my head, I hung my head BREAK: Bb Gm Eb Cm Gm Bb Eb 2x VERSE: Bb Gm Eb Early one morning, with time to kill Cm Gm Bb Eb I see the gallows, up on the hill Bb Gm Eb And out in the distance, a trick of the brain Cm Gm Bb Eb I see a lone rider, crossing the plain Cm Cm/Bb F F/G He's come to fetch me, to see what they done F F/A F/F Bb We'll ride together, ' Til kingdom come Eb Cm Gm I pray for God's mercy, for soon I'll be dead Eb Bb Gm Eb Cm I hung my head, I hung my head Bb Gm Eb Cm I hung my head, I hung my head Bb Gm Eb Cm I hung my head, I hung my head Bb Gm Eb Cm I hung my head, I hung my head Bb Gm Eb Cm I hung my head, I hung my head