Capo 2
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Hang me, oh hang me
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So I'll be dead and gone
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I wouldn't mind your hang boys, I've been waiting 'round here too long
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Waiting 'round here too long
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My papa was a gambler
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He taught me how to play
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He said, "Son, don't you go a baggin' when you hold the ace and trey"
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"When you hold the ace and trey"
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They took me down to old Fort Smith
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Sick as I could be
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And they handed me a letter saying "Son, come home to me"
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"Son, come home to me"
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Hang me, oh hang me
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So I'll be dead and gone
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I wouldn't mind your hang boys, I've been waiting 'round here too long
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I've been waiting 'round here too long
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My father and mother
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Little sister makes three
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They all came to the gallows, to see the death of me
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To see the death of me
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They put a rope around my neck
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And drew me way up high
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I could hear the crowd singing, "It won't be long til he dies"
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"It won't be long til he dies"
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Hang me, oh hang me
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So I'll be dead and gone
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I wouldn't mind your hang boys, I've been waiting 'round here too long
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I've been waiting 'round here too long
G C
Hang me, oh hang me
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So I'll be dead and gone
F C F C
I wouldn't mind your hang boys, I've been waiting 'round here too long
G C
I've been waiting 'round here too long
G C
Hang me, oh hang me
G C
So I'll be dead and gone
F C F C
I wouldn't mind your hang boys, I've been waiting 'round here too long
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I've been waiting 'round here too long
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I've been waiting 'round here too long
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I've been waiting 'round here too long