Song Name: | Tom Dooley (Complete) | By: | The Kingston Trio |
Posted By: | pcguyiv | Difficulty: | Beginner |
Key: | Any | Genre: | General |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2005-12-01 10:12:58 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | Throughout history, there've been many songs
written about the eternal triangle. This next one tells the story of a Mr Grayson, a beautiful woman, And a condemned man named, Tom Dooley. When the sun rises tomorrow, Tom Dooley must hang. CHORUS 4 4 4 -4 -5 -6 -6 Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, 4 4 4 -4 -5 6 Hang down your head and cry. 4 4 4 -4 -5 6 6 Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, -6 -6 -6 6 -4 -5 Poor boy, you're bound to die. VERSE 1 4 4 4 -4 -5 -6 -6 I met her on the mountain. 4 4 -4 -5 6 There I took her life. 4 4 -4 -5 6 6 Met her on the mountain, -6 -6 6 -4 -5 Stabbed her with my knife. CHORUS VERSE 2 & 3 (2 on top, 3 on bottom) 4 -4 -5 -6 -6 This time to-morrow, This time to-morrow, 4 4 -4 -5 6 Reckon where I'll be. Reckon where I'll be, 4 4 4 -4 -5 6 6 Had--n't a----been for Grayson, Down in some lone-some val-ley, -6 -6 -6 -6 6 -4 -5 I'd a---been in Ten---nes-see. Hangin' from a- white oak tree. CHORUS (2X after verse 2 & 3) AT the end, repead last phrase of chorus 2X -5 -5 -5 -4 -4 -5 Poor boy, you're bound to die. |