Misc Traditional – Tom Dooley (Ukulele)
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Versions
(3)
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Chords
[Verse 1]
F C7 Hand me down my banjo, I'll pick it on my knee. F This time tomorrow night it'll be no use to me. C7 I met her on the mountain, I swore she'd be my wife, F I met her on the mountain, and I stabbed her with my knife.
[Chorus]
F C7 Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry, F Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, poor boy, you're bound to die.
[Verse 2]
F C7 This time tomorrow, reckon where I'll be, F Down in some lonesome valley hangin' from a white-oak tree. C7 I had my trial at Wilksboro', and what'd you reckon they done? F They bound me over to Statesville and that's where I'll be hung.
[Chorus]
F C7 Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry, F Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, poor boy, you're bound to die.
[Verse 3]
F C7 The limb bein' oak, boys, the rope bein' strong, F Bow down your head, Tom Dooley, you know you're gonna be hung. C7 Mammy, O Mammy, don't you weep or cry, F I've killed poor Laurie Foster and you know I'm bound to die.
[Chorus]
F C7 Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry, F Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, poor boy, you're bound to die.
[Verse 4]
F C7 Pappy, O Pappy, what shall I do? F I lost all my money and killed poor Laurie, too. C7 O what my Mammy told me, is about to come to pass, F Red whisky and pretty women, would be my ruin at last.
[Chorus]
F C7 Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry, F Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, poor boy, you're bound to die.