I Hung My Head

Johnny Cash

Tom: C

Intro: C F C F C C

C
Early one morning
     F 
With time to kill
   Am   
I borrowed Jebb's rifle
    F
And sat on a hill
  C 
I saw a lone rider
F 
Crossing the plain
   Am
I drew a bead on him
     F 
To practice my aim

Dm
My brother's rifle
     G
Went of in my hand
   G
A shot rang out
  C
Across the land
     F
The horse, he kept running
     Am
The rider was dead
  C
I hung my head
  F
I hung my head

  C
I set off running
   F
To wake from the dream
Am
My brother's rifle
      F 
Went into the sheen
   C
I kept on running
  F
Into the south lands
        Am
That's where they found me
    F
My head and my hands

    Dm  
The sheriff he asked me
G
Why had I run
     G
And then it came to me
     C
Just what I had done
    F
And all for no reason
     Am
Just one peace of lead
  C 
I hung my head
  F
I hung my head

C
Here in the court house
     F
The whole town was there
Am
I see the judge
   F
High up in the chair
    C
Explain to the court room
        F
What went through you mind
     Am
And we'll ask the jury
       F
What verdict they find

Dm
I felt the power
    G
Of death over life
    G
I orphaned his children
    C
I widowed his wife
    F
I begged their forgiveness
   Am
I wish I was dead
  C
I hung my head
  F
I hung my head
  C
I hung my head
  F
I hung my head

C
Early one morning
     F
With time to kill
Am
I see the gallows
F
Up on a hill
    C
And out in the distance
   F
A trick of the brain
   Am
I see a lone rider
   F
Crossing the plain

    Dm 
And he'd come to fetch me
   G
To see what they'd done
    G
And we'd ride together
    C
To kingdom come
  F
I prayed for god's mercy
    Am
For soon I'd be dead
  C
I hung my head
  F
I hung my head
  C
I hung my head
  F
I hung my head