C                 Am
I came to town to search for gold
      C                 G
And I brought with me a memory
         Am                C
And seem to hear the night wind cry
   Am                  C
Go hang your dreams on the hangin tree
     Am                        C
Your dreams of love that could never be
                G         C
Hang your faded dreams on the hangin tree

                        Am
I searched for gold and I found my gold
            C          G
And I found a girl who loved just me
      Am                     C
And I wish that I could love her too
      Am               C
But I left my heart on the hangin tree
       Am            C
I left my heart with a memory
            G            C
And a faded dream on the hangin tree

                       Am
Now there were men who craved my gold
          C          G
And meant to take my gold from me
       Am             C
When a man is gone he needs no gold
        Am            C
So they carried me to the hangin tree
        Am            C
To join my dreams and a memory
                 G         C
Yes they carried me to the hangin tree

                   Am
To really live you must almost die
                C         G
And it happened just that way with me
     Am               C
They took my gold and set me free
    Am                 C
And I walked away from the hangin tree
  Am               C
I walked away from the hangin tree
           G              C
And my own true love, she walked with me

      F                G
Thats when I knew that the hangin tree
       F                 C
Was a tree of life, new life for me
  F                C
A tree of hope new hope for me
  F                C
A tree of love new love for me
                 F                C
The hangin tree, the hangin tree, the hangin tree