The Carter Family – John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man (Guitar Tab)

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Recorded in 1928 Maybelle Carter on guitar, Sara singing tempo 220bpm [Introduction] tempo 220 bpm
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                      John

[Verse 1]

   F                           C                           F
e |---1-1---1-1|----1-1----1-1|--0-0-----0-|--0-0---0-0-0-|---1-1---1-1-1|
B |---1-1---1-1|----1-1----1-1|--1-1-----1-|--1-1---1-1-1-|---1-1---1-1-1|
G |---2-2---2-2|-3------2-----|0-0-0-----0-|--0-0---0-0-0-|---2-2---2-2-2|
D |-3-----3----|--------------|------0h2---|--------------|-3-----3------|
A |------------|--------------|------------|-3----3-------|--------------|
E |------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------|
   Hardy he     was     a      desperate    man     he     carried  two
                                    little    

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B |--1-1-----|---1-1-1-1-1-1-|---1-1--1-|---1-1---1---1-|---1-1---1-1-1-|
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D |--------3-|-------2-------|----------|-3-----3-------|---------------|
A |----------|---------------|------3---|---------------|---------------|
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   guns every day                     He  shot   a       man    on  the

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B |---1-1-1---1-1-1-|---1-1----1-1-1-|-------1---1---|--------0-0-|
G |-0---------0-0-0-|---0-0----0-0-0-|---- 0-0-0-----|--------0-0-|
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A |-----------------|-3------3-------|---------------|----2-------|
E |-----------------|----------------|---------------|------------|
   West Virginia     line and you    oughta seen John  Hardy gettin

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B |--1-1---1-1-|-----1---1---|---0--0-----0---0-|---1-1--1-1-1-1-|--1-1---1-1-1-|
G |--0-0---0-0-|-----0-0-0---|---0--0-----0---0-|---0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0-0---0-0-0-|
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A |-3----3-----|-------------|----2-------------|-3--------------|-3----3-------|
E |------------|-------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|
   away                                                               John
[Verse 1] F C John Hardy was a desperate little man, F C He carried two guns every day. F C He shot a man on the West Virginia line, C G7 C G7 C And you oughta seen John Hardy getting away. [Verse 2] F C John Hardy, he got to the East Stone Bridge, F C He thought that he would be free. F C And up stepped a man and took him by the arm, C G7 C G7 C Saying, “Johnny, walk along with me !” [Verse 3] F C He sent for his poppy and his mommy, too, F C to come and go his bail. F C But money won't go a murdering case, C G7 C G7 C and they locked John Hardy back in jail. [Verse 4] F C John Hardy, he had a pretty little girl, F C that dress that she wore was blue, F C as she came skipping through the old jail hall, C G7 C G7 C saying, “Poppy, I've been true to you!” [Verse 5] F C John Hardy, he had another little girl, F C that dress that she wore was red. F C She followed John Hardy to his hanging ground, C G7 C G7 C saying “Poppy, I would rather be dead !” [Verse 6] F C I've been to the East, and I've been to the West , F C I've been this wide world around, F C I've been to the river and I've been baptized, C G7 C G7 C and now I'm on my hanging ground. [Verse 7] F C John Hardy walked out on his scaffold high, F C with his loving little wife by his side. F C And the last word she heard poor Johnno say, C G7 C G7 C “I'll meet you in that sweet by-and-by. “ [Outro]
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