{"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":607879,"song":"Tom Dooley","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11572859-tom-dooley-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/607879?type=chord","rating":4.88747,"votes":24,"content":"Tom Dooley\r\nTraditional\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHand me down my banjo,  I'll pick it on my knee.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis time tomorrow night it'll be no use to me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI met her on the mountain, I swore she'd be my wife,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI met her on the mountain, and I stabbed her with my knife.[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHang down your head, Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHang down your head, Tom Dooley, poor boy, you're bound to die.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThis time tomorrow, reckon where I'll be,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown in some lonesome valley hangin' from a white-oak tree.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI had my trial at Wilksboro', and what'd you reckon they done?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey bound me over to Statesville and that's where I'll be hung.[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThe limb bein' oak, boys, the rope bein' strong,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBow down your head, Tom Dooley, you know you're gonna be hung.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nMammy, O Mammy, don't you weep or cry,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've killed poor Laurie Foster and you know I'm bound to die.[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nPappy, O Pappy, what shall I do?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI lost all my money and kille poor Laurie, too.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nO what my Mammy told me, is about to come to pass,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRed whisky and pretty women, would be my ruin at last.[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus","plain_text":"Tom Dooley\nTraditional\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus","chords":["G","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}