Songs For My Own Enjoyment: I Hung My Head

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Early one morning with time to kill  

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I borrowed Jebb's rifle and sat on the hill  

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I saw a lone rider crossing the plain  

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I drew a bead on him to practice my aim  

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My brother's rifle went off in my hand  

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A shot rang out a-cross the land  

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The horse, he kept running, the rider was dead  

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I hung my head, I hung my head  

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I set off running to wake from the dream  

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My brother's rifle went into the sheen  

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I kept on running into the south lands  

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That's where they found me, my head in my hands  

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The sheriff he asked me why had I run  

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And then it came to me just what I had done  

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And all for no reason, just one piece of lead  

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I hung my head, I hung my head  

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Here in the courthouse, the whole town was there  

Am                   F                

I see the judge high up in his chair  

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Ex-plain to the courtroom what went through your mind  

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And we'll ask the jury what verdict they find  

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I felt the power of death over life  

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I orphaned his children, I widowed his wife  

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I beg their forgiveness, I wish I was dead  

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I hung my head, I hung my head  

  C               F             

I hung my head, I hung my head  

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Early one morning with time to kill  

Am                F               

I see the gallows up on the hill  

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And out in the distance, a trick of the brain  

  Am               F                   

I see a lone rider crossing the plain  

    Dm                       G                   

And he's come to fetch me to see what they done  

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And we'll ride together 'Til kingdom come  

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I pray for God's mercy for soon I'll be dead  

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I hung my head, I hung my head  

  C               F             

I hung my head, I hung my head  

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