Tom Dooley
Traditional - Kingston Trio* transp. > C

(spoken)Throughout history, there've been many songs
written about the eternal triangle
This next one tells the story of a Mr Grayson,
a beautiful woman and a condemned man
named Tom Dooley
When the sun rises tomorrow,
Tom Dooley must hang


  (D)Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
  Hang down your head and (A7)cry
  Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
  Poor boy, you’re (G)bound to (D)die

I met her on the mountain
And there I took her life
I met her on the mountain
And stabbed her with my knife

This time tomorrow
Reckon where I’ll be
If I hadn’t been for Grayson
I’d a-been in Tennessee

This time tomorrow
Reckon where I’ll be
Down in some lonesome valley
Hangin’ from a white oak tree



* by the Kingston Trio played in the key of E

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