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Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry.
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Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, poor boy, you're gonna die.

[Verse 1]
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  I took her on the mountain,   there I took her life,
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  met her on the mountain,   stabbed her with my knife.

[Chorus]
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Hang down your head, Tom   Dooley, hang down your head and cry.
E                          E         E                      A
  Hang down your head, Tom   Dooley, poor boy, you're gonna die.

[Verse 2]
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  I reckon in the morning, reckon where I'll be,
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  hadn't-a been for Grayson, I'd-a been in Tennessee.

[Chorus]
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Hang down your head, Tom   Dooley, hang down your head and cry.
E                          E         E                      A
  Hang down your head, Tom   Dooley, poor boy, you're gonna die.

[Verse 3]
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  I reckon in the morning, reckon where I'll be,
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I'd been in the valley, I'm hanging on a white oak tree.

[Chorus]
A                        A       A                       E
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry.
E                        E       E                      A
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, poor boy, you're gonna die.

[Interlude]
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[Chorus]
A                        A         A                       E
Hang down your head, Tom   Dooley, hang down your head and cry.
E                        E         E                      A
Hang down your head, Tom   Dooley, poor boy, you're gonna die.

[Interlude] (with skat)
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[End-Chorus]
A                          A         A                       E
  Hang down your head, Tom   Dooley, hang down your head and cry.
E                        E         E                      A
Hang down your head, Tom   Dooley, poor boy, you're gonna die.
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  Hang down your head, Tom   Dooley, poor boy, you're gonna die.