Hang 'Em High Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][Am][G]
[Am][G][Am][G]
[C]Some[D5]where,

[Verse 1]
he [C]lost [G]it in a turn
Now [C]trouble [D]seems to fit
[D5]him like a [C]glove[G]
[D]First [D5]come, first [D]served,
he's [C]serving [G]it back
He travels [D]light, [D5]without a pack,
without [C]love[G]
[C]He comes [B5]from nowhere
and he [Bb]turns on his [Bb5]own[F]
[D5]Late for the [C#5]hanging,
yes [C]he's headed for the [Bb5]moon
And [Am]hang 'em high
[G][Am]

[Verse 2]
[G]
[C]Leather [D]cro[C]ss his thi[G]ghs
[C]Blast[D]ing out [D5]the night,
[C]his cap hides [G]his eyes
[D]One eye on the road, [C]price upon [G]his head
One [D]ear to [D5]the ground,
[D]he's [Am]listening [G]to the dead
[C]He comes fro[B5]m nowhere an [C]d he turns on[Bb]

[Verse 3]
[Dm]his own
[D5]Late for the [D]hanging,
[C5]yes he's [C]headed for the moon
[Bb]And hang [Am]'em high
[G][Bb]

[Verse 4]
[Bb5][Am]
[B5]Blind [Bm]to himself[D],
[Em]an d he's laughing up his scheme
[D]Looking back in anger,
the city [Em]is re[G]lieved
Vis[Bm]ion o[B5]f light, c[Bb5]hild of [Bb]the night [D]passing [F#]by

[Interlude 1]
[F#5][G][D][Am][G][Bb5]
[F][C][D][C][D][D5]
[D][C][D][D5]
[D][D5][C][Em][C][D5][D][C][D]
[D5][D][C][G][D][D5][F][G][C][G]
[D][C][G][Em][E][C][C5][Eb][Bb5]
[C][Am][D]
[Bm]Blind to himself,

[Verse 5]
[Em]
he's laugh[E]ing up [Em]his scheme
[D]Looking back in anger,
[C]the city is [G]relieved
A vis[Bm]ion of light, c[B5]hild o[Bb]f the night passi[D5]ng by[D][E]
[Am][G5][G][Am][D]
[G][C][Am][G][Am]

[Verse 6]
[C]
[G][C]
[D]Leather [D5]cros[D]s his thig[C5]h[G][C]
[D]Blasting [D5]out the night,
[D]his [C]cap hides [G]his eye[C]s
[D]One eye on [D5]the road, [D]price upon [G]his head
[G5]One [D]ear to t[D5]he ground,
he's listen[D]ing to [G]the dead[G5]
[C]He comes from now[B5]here, and[C] he turns o[Bb5]n

[Verse 7]
[Bb]his own
[D5]Late for the hanging, [C#5]yes he[C5]'s headed fo[Cm]r th[C5]e
[C][E][B][D][C][B5]
moon
[B5]And hang 'em high