b = Bending notes

(Chorus)(Repeat Tabs Throughout the song and enjoy)

 6          6        6    -6        7   8  8
Hang down your head Tom Dooley, 
 6         6       6     -6       7  -8b -8 -8b -8 -8b
hang down your head and cry, 
 6          6      6     -6        7     -8 -8
hang down your head Tom Dooley, 
 -8      -8    8           7    -6   7b
poor boy you're bound to die.
(Verse I)

6  6     6   -6   7       8   8
I met her on the mountain, 
 8      6    6  -6     7   -8b -8 -8b -8 -8b
and there I took her life,
-8  6  6    -6  7        -8  -8
I met her on the mountain,
-8    -8           8   7      -6   7b
and stabbed her with my Knife.

(Chorus)

(Verse II)

This time tomorrow

I reckon where I be

Hadn't a been for Grayson

Id'a been in Tennessee

(Chorus)

(Verse III)

This time tomorrow

I reckon where I be

Down in some lonesome valley

Swingin' from a wide oak tree

(Chorus X2)

-8       -8      8        7       -6    7

Poor boy you're bound to die

-8        -8     8       7       -6             7 (carry out)

Poor boy you're bound to (pause) Die (carry out)