Billy Strings – John Hardy (Guitar Intro)

Capo 2
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Chords

[Intro] C C G G C C G G C C G G D D G G [Verse 1]
    C                 G
Oh, John Hardy was a desperate little man

C                           G
Strapped on his guns every day

C                       G
Shot down a man on the West Virginia line

D
You ought to see John Hardy getting away

D                                   G
You ought to see John Hardy getting away
[Verse 2]
         C                         G
When he run up to Virginia around East Stone Bridge

C                           G
Thought he would surely be free

     C                         G
And along came a Marshall and grabbed by the arm

        D
Said, "Johnny come along with me

D                      G
Johnny come along with me."
[Instrumental] C C G G C C G G C C G G D D G G [Verse 3]
       C               G
Well, Johnny he had a woman

C                       G
The dress she wore was blue

         C                         G
And she howled up to Johnny as he rode on out of town

       D
Said: Johnny, I'll be true to you

D                        G
Johnny, I'll be true to you
[Verse 4]
      C                                         G
Well they searched and they travelled from the East to the West

          C                         G
From the North to the South end of town

     C                              G
But when the sun comes up tomorrow they'll be taken Hardy down

       D
There gonna let John Hardy swing down

D                           G
Gonna let John Hardy swing down
[Instrumental] C C G G C C G G C C G G D D G G [Verse 5]
     C                 G
Oh, John Hardy was a desperate little man

C                           G
Strapped on his guns every day

C                       G
Shot down a man on the West Virginia line

D
You ought to see John Hardy getting away

D                                    G
You ought to see John Hardy getting away