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John Hardy

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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.