Alison Krauss & Union Station – The Hangman (Guitar)
Capo 3
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Chords
As recorded by Alison Krauss & Union Station
(From the 2025 Album ARCADIA)
[Intro]
Em Am Em
[Verse 1]
Em Into our town the Hangman came Em Smelling of gold and blood and flame Am And he paced our bricks with a diffident air Em And built his frame on the courthouse square
[Verse 2]
Em The scaffold stood by the courthouse side Em Only as wide as the door was wide Am A frame as tall or a little more Em Than the capping sill of the courthouse door
[Verse 3]
Em And we wondered, we had the time Em Who the criminal, what the crime Am The Hangman judged with the yellow twist Em Of knotted hemp in his busy fist
[Verse 4]
Em And innocent though we werе with dread Em We passed thosе eyes of buckshot lead Am Till one cried, "Hangman, who is he Em For whom you raise the gallows tree?"
[Interlude]
Em Am Em
[Verse 5]
Em A twinkle grew in the buckshot eye Em He gave us a riddle instead of reply Am "He who served me the best," said he Em "Shall earn the rope on the gallows tree"
[Verse 6]
Em The next day's sun looked mildly down Em On roof and street in our quiet town Am Stark and black in the morning air Em The gallows tree on the courthouse square