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John Hardy
Traditional
Chords | ||
32 1 C x32010 | 132 D xx0232 | 21 3 G 320003 |
Strum Pattern B D d u d u 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
C (2) G (2)
John Hardy was a desperate little man,
C (2) G (2)
He carried two guns every day.
C (2) G (2)
He shot a man on the West Virginia line,
D (6)
And you oughta seen John Hardy getting away.
G (2)
And you oughta seen John Hardy getting away.
C (2) G (2)
John Hardy, he caught the midnight train
C (2) G (2)
So dark he could not see
C (2) G (2)
He rode it to a town away
D (6)
And he went into the bar a-feelin’ free, poor boy
G (2)
And he went into the bar a-feelin’ free
C (2) G (2)
John Hardy stood in that old barroom
C (2) G (2)
So drunk that he could not see
C (2) G (2)
And a man walked up and took him by the arm
D (6)
Saying, “John you better come along with me, poor boy”
G (2)
Saying, “John you better come along with me.”
C (2) G (2)
John Hardy stood in his old jail cell
C (2) G (2)
The tears running down from his eyes
C (2) G (2)
He said I’ve been the death of many a poor boy
D (6)
But my six-shooters never told a lie
G (2)
No, my six-shooters never told a lie
C (2) G (2)
John Hardy was a desperate little man,
C (2) G (2)
He carried two guns every day.
C (2) G (2)
He shot a man on the West Virginia line,
D (6)
And you oughta seen John Hardy getting away.
G (2)
And you oughta seen John Hardy getting away.
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