This is tabbed for a 24 hole Echo Celeste tremolo
-7 7 -7 6 -5 5 -3 7 -6 5 -3 Early one morning with time to kill -3 6 -5 5 -5 6 I borrowed Jeb's rifle -3 -5 5 -3 5 -3 And sat on the hill 4 6 -5 5 -5 6 -5 5 -3 5 -3 I saw a lone rider crossing the plain -3 6 -5 5 -5 6 I drew a bead on him -3 -5 5 -3 5 -3 To practice my aim 6 -5 5 6 -5 4 6 -5 5 -5 My brother's rifle went off in my hand 4 6 -5 5 -5 4 6 -5 5 A shot rang out across the land 5 -7 7 -6 7 -7 The horse he kept running, -3 -5 5 -3 -3 The rider was dead -3 5 5 5 -3 5 5 5 I hung my head, I hung my head
I set off running to wake from the dream And my brother's rifle Went into the stream I kept on running into the salt lands And that's where they found me, My head in my hands The sheriff he asked me "Why had I run" Then it came to me just what I had done And all for no reason, Just one piece of lead I hung my head, I hung my head
Here in the courthouse, The whole town is there I see the judge high up in his chair "Explain to the courtroom What went through your mind And we'll ask the jury What verdict they find" I said "I felt the power Of death over life I orphaned his children, I widowed his wife I beg their forgiveness, I wish I was dead" I hung my head, I hung my head
Early one morning with time to kill I see the gallows up on the hill And out in the distance A trick of the brain I see a lone rider crossing the plain He's come to fetch me To see what they done We'll ride together til Kingdom come I pray for God's mercy For soon I'll be dead I hung my head, I hung my head |