Tom Dooley Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][D][G][C]
[G][C][G][D][G][C]
[G]

[Verse 1]
Hang your head, Tom [C]Dooley,
Hang your head [G]and cry;
[D]You killed poor Laurie [G]Foster,
And you [C]know you're bound [G]to die.
You left her by the [C]roadside
Where you begged [G]to be excused;
You [D]left her by [G]the roadside,
Then you [C]hid her clothes and [G]shoes.

[Verse 2]
Hang your head, Tom [C]Dooley,
Hang your head [G]and cry;
You [D]killed poor Laurie [G]Foster,
And you [C]know you're bound

[Interlude 1]
to die.
[G][C][G][D][C]
[G]

[Verse 3]
You took her on the [C]hillside
For to make her [G]your wife;
You [D]took her on the [G]hillside,
And [C]there you took [G]her life.

[Verse 4]
You dug the grave [C]four feet long
And you dug it three feet [G]deep;
You [D]rolled the cold clay [G]over her
And [C]tromped it with your [G]feet.

[Verse 5]
Hang your head, Tom [C]Dooley,
Hang your [G]head and cry;
You [D]killed poor Laurie [G]Foster[C],

[Interlude 2]
And you know you're bound to die.
[G][C]
[G][D][G][C][G]
[C][G][D][G][C][G]

[Verse 6]
"Trouble, oh it's [C]trouble
A-rollin' through through [G]my breast;
As [D]long as I'm a-livin', boys,
[G]boys,
They [C]ain't a-gonna let let me [G]rest.

[Verse 7]
I know they're gonna [C]hang me,
Tomorrow I'll be [G]dead,
Though I [D]never even [G]harmed a hair
[C]On poor little Laurie's hea[G]d."

[Verse 8]
Hang your head, Tom [C]Dooley,
Hang your head [G]and cry;
[D]You killed poor Laurie [G]Foster,
And you [C]know you're bound [G]to die.
[C]

[Interlude 3]
[G][D][C]
[G][C][G][D][C]
[G]

[Verse 9]
"In [G]this world and [C]one more
Then reckon where [G]I'll be;
If is [D]wasn't for Sheriff [G]Grayson,
I'd [C]be in Tenness[G]ee.

[Verse 10]
You can [G]take down my old [C]violin
And play it all you [G]please.
For [D]at this time to[G]morrow, boys,
It'll [C]be of no use to [G]me."

[Verse 11]
[G]Hang your head, Tom [C]Dooley,
Hang your head [G]and cry;
[D]You killed poor Laurie [G]Foster,
And you [C]know you're bound [G]to die.
[C]

[Interlude 4]
[G][D][G][C]
[G][C][G][D][G][C]
[G]

[Verse 12]
"At this time to[C]morrow
Where do you reckon I'll [G]be?
Away [D]down yonder in the [G]holler
[C]Hangin' on a white oak [G]tree.

[Verse 13]
Hang your head, Tom [C]Dooley,
Hang your head [G]and cry;
[D]You killed poor Laurie [G]Foster,
And you [C]know you're bound

[Outro 1]
to die
[G][C][G][D][G][C]
[G]