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Tom Dooley
Recorded by Doc Watson
Written by Dave Guard 

G                  C
Hang your head Tom Dooley
                   G
Hang your head and cry
    D7                 G
You killed poor Laurie Foster
        C                    G
And you know you're bound to die

                    C
You left her by the roadside
                       G
Where you begged to be excused
    D7              G
You left her by the roadside
         C                   G
Then you hid her clothes and shoes

                   C
Hang your head Tom Dooley
                   G
Hang your head and cry
    D7                 G
You killed poor Laurie Foster
        C                    G
And you know you're bound to die

                    C
You took her on the hillside
                     G
For to make her your wife
    D7              G
You took her on the hillside
    C                  G
And there you took her life
 
                  C
You dug the grave four feet long
                          G
And you dug it three feet deep
    D7                   G
You rolled the cold clay over her
    C                    G
And tromped it with your feet

Repeat #3

                C
Trouble oh it's trouble
                     G
A-rollin' through my breast
   D7            G
As long as I'm a-livin' boys
     C                    G
They ain't a-gonna let me rest

                     C
I know they're gonna hang me
                 G
Tomorrow I'll be dead
         D7         G
Though I never even harmed a hair
   C                    G
On poor little Laurie's head

Repeat #3

                  C
In this world and one more
                       G
Then reckon where I'll be
      D7                 G
If it wasn't for Sheriff Grayson
    C          G
I'd be in Tennessee

                         C
You can take down my old violin
                    G
And play it all you please
    D7             G
For at this time tomorrow boys
      C               G
It'll be of no use to me

Repeat #3

             C
At this time tomorrow
                         G
Where do you reckon I'll be
     D7                 G
Away down yonder in the holler
C                      G
Hangin' on a white oak tree

Repeat #3

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