D         A            D            A
I left my hometown one warm summer evening
     D           G          D          A
Went down to the station to catch me a train
     D            A             D     A
Rode west through Missouri and into Wyoming
       D      G             A            D
Headed out to California to stake a gold claim

[Verse 1]
D            A             D           A
I met her at Clancy’s, the cause of my trouble
   D         G          D          A
A woman with beauty for all men to see
    D           A          D         A
She fed me rye whiskey and gave me a six-gun
           D            G              A          D
Said, The fools do the diggin' smart men work for me

[Chorus]
D                             G
There's gold in the mountain, gold in the valleys
D                     E           A
Gold in the river and gold in the sea
D                    G
Fortunes are waiting for men to claim them
   D                    A           D
But only the hangman is waiting for me

[Verse 2]
D               A        D              A
She gave me her favor, I gave her my six-gun
   D             G          D        A
We cheated most all of the miners in town
D             A               D              A
Those who complained that she dealt from the bottom
      D            G              A           D
Were challenged to draw and were quickly shot down

[Bridge]
D               A           D            A
I'm so tired of killing for love of this woman
    D           G         D          A
The notches on my gun are twenty and three
    D          A            D          A
The next one I kill will be my scarlet lover
    D              G          A           D
And that's why the hangman is waiting for me

[Chorus]
D                             G
There's gold in the mountain, gold in the valleys
D                     E            A
Gold in the river and gold in the sea
D                    G
Fortunes are waiting for men to claim them
   D                    A           D
But only the hangman is waiting for me