REFRAIN:
D D
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
D A7
Hang down your head and cry,
A7 A7
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
A7 D
Poor boy, you”re bound to die,
VERSE:
D D
I met her on the mountain,
D A7
and there I took her life,
A7 A7
Met her on the mountain,
A7 D
stabbed her with my knife,
REFRAIN:
D D
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
D A7
Hang down your head and cry,
A7 A7
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
A7 D
Poor boy, you”re bound to die,
VERSE:
D D
This time tomorrow,
D A7
reckon” where I”d be,
A7 A7
Hadn”t been for Grayson,
A7 D
I”d been in Tennessee,
REFRAIN:
D D
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
D A7
Hang down your head and cry,
A7 A7
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
A7 D
Poor boy, you”re bound to die,
D D
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
D A7
Hang down your head and cry,
A7 A7
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
A7 D
Poor boy, you”re bound to die,
VERSE:
D D
This time tomorrow,
D A7
reckon” where I”ll be,
A7 A7
Down in some lonesome valley,
A7 D
hangin” from a white oak tree,
REFRAIN:
D D
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
D A7
Hang down your head and cry,
A7 A7
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
A7 D
Poor boy, you”re bound to die,
D D
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
D A7
Hang down your head and cry,
A7 A7
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
A7 D
Poor boy, you”re bound to die,
A7 D
Poor boy, you”re bound to die,
A7 D
Poor boy, you”re bound to die,
A7 D (strum & hold)
Poor boy, you”re bound to die,