{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1779563,"song":"John Hardy","artist":"Leadbelly","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11390438-john-hardy-chords-by-leadbelly/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1779563?type=chord","rating":4.73611,"votes":18,"content":"John Hardy as recorded by Leadbelly\r\nTune every string a whole tone down\r\n[tab]like this [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] d\r\nhence the song is in the key of G[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJohn Hardy, he was a desperate little man [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe carried two guns every day[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe shot a man on the West Virginia line[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI seen John Hardy getting’ away poor boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI seen John Hardy getting’ away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJohn Hardy went up on that Keystone bridge[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe thought he was free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]    \r\nUp came a man and he caught him by the arm [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSaid \"Johnny, come and go with me poor boy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nJohnny, come and go with me\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]         \r\nJohn Hardy had a mother and a father too[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]  \r\nHe begged them to come and go his bail[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere was no bail allowed for the murderin’ man[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey chased John Hardy back in jail poor boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey chased John Hardy back in jail[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJohn Hardy he had a pretty little wife [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch] \r\nAnd the dress she wore was blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe come to the jailhouse with a loud shout[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSaid “Johnny I been true to you poor boy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\nJohnny I been true to you”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJohn Hardy, was standing in his cell[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd tears are rollin’ down his eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSaid, \"I have been at the death of many a poor man[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd now I am ready to die poor boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd now I am ready to die\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI’ve been to the east I've been to the west [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]     \r\nI've been the whole wide world around[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI've been to the river and I've been to baptized[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nTake me to my hanging ground Lord, Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd take me to my hanging ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nthere will be a tab version so you can play the melody and chords all together\r\nenjoy\r\nsalud amigos!","plain_text":"John Hardy as recorded by Leadbelly\nTune every string a whole tone down\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nthere will be a tab version so you can play the melody and chords all together\nenjoy\nsalud amigos!","chords":["D","G","C","F","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}