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	Hangman. By Roy Harper
	Transcription by Phil Lord
	Roy more or less plays the chords straight on this song. I tend
to play them with little riffs in between on the grounds that I dont
have Jimmy Page playing over the top.
	AminLast night I wasnt sleeping
	DI knew it was my Aminlast,
	AminI?d just been lying thinking,
	Dreliving all my Aminpast,
	my familiy and friends have left,
	my children are all lost
	Fand now Im standing in the death cell
	Eas the times of sands fall fast
	Aminmy pour heart it is thumping
	Dmy head is filled Aminto flood
	to feel the rope around my neck
	and know its there for good
	I know that I am innocent
	but no ones understood
	and now Im standing on the gallows
	to be murdered in cold blood
	Chorus:
	AminWe are crGeatures Fof dEarkness,
	killers of time
	creatures of darkness
	bodies in lime
	Oh hangman, oh hangman
	how sleepless is your bed
	I cant believe my own ears
	my heart is full of lead
	that you?d apply and get the job,
	of pulling off my head
	and leave me kicking in the darkness
	covering the walls with blood
	Oh hangman, oh hangman
	your working in the shade
	oh creatures of the jungle,
	whose message is displayed
	in graphic tones of blood revenge
	all down the civil blade
	and your the creppy little monkey
	who murders to be paid
	In about six minutes time
	Ill be thrown into the lime
	by the screws who dug my grave
	and never felt ashamed
	who threw me in still breathing
	and covered me in slime
	and put me on a map in the governers office
	a number with no name
	We are creatures of darkness....
	and true as I stand here
	Id wished to be untied.
	the repose lies clean at your throat
	that my death might somehow be justified
	theres no unconsecrated ground
	in my heart or in my mind
	I lived and died in a world full of snakes
	and Im buried in a vicious lie
	We are creatures of darkness
	Thats it....
	The chords are played mostly open with E shape barre chords for
the chorus, although you can play them open if you like.
	I havent worked out the little riff at the beginning of the
song, but its just a Amin thing. I seem to remember seeing him play
it at the 7th position, but Im sure theres other ways of doing it.
	Have fun
	Phil Lord

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Hangman

by Roy Harper

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Amin

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Hangman. By Roy Harper

Transcription by Phil Lord

Roy more or less plays the chords straight on this song. I tend

to play them with little riffs in between on the grounds that I dont

have Jimmy Page playing over the top.

Amin

Last night I wasnt sleeping

D Amin

I knew it was my last,

Amin

I?d just been lying thinking,

D Amin

reliving all my past,

my familiy and friends have left,

my children are all lost

and now Im standing in the death cell

as the times of sands fall fast

Amin

my pour heart it is thumping

D Amin

my head is filled to flood

to feel the rope around my neck

and know its there for good

I know that I am innocent

but no ones understood

and now Im standing on the gallows

to be murdered in cold blood

Chorus:

Amin G F E

We are creatures of darkness,

killers of time

creatures of darkness

bodies in lime

Oh hangman, oh hangman

how sleepless is your bed

I cant believe my own ears

my heart is full of lead

that you?d apply and get the job,

of pulling off my head

and leave me kicking in the darkness

covering the walls with blood

Oh hangman, oh hangman

your working in the shade

oh creatures of the jungle,

whose message is displayed

in graphic tones of blood revenge

all down the civil blade

and your the creppy little monkey

who murders to be paid

In about six minutes time

Ill be thrown into the lime

by the screws who dug my grave

and never felt ashamed

who threw me in still breathing

and covered me in slime

and put me on a map in the governers office

a number with no name

We are creatures of darkness....

and true as I stand here

Id wished to be untied.

the repose lies clean at your throat

that my death might somehow be justified

theres no unconsecrated ground

in my heart or in my mind

I lived and died in a world full of snakes

and Im buried in a vicious lie

We are creatures of darkness

Thats it....

The chords are played mostly open with E shape barre chords for

the chorus, although you can play them open if you like.

I havent worked out the little riff at the beginning of the

song, but its just a Amin thing. I seem to remember seeing him play

it at the 7th position, but Im sure theres other ways of doing it.

Have fun

Phil Lord

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