I Hung My Head by Johnny Cash

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This is the Johnny Cash version of the Sting song “Hung My Head”. Here’s the guitar chords of I Hung My Head from the album American IV: The Man Comes Around.

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Intro:

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Verse 1:

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Early one morning

With

time to kill

I b

orrowed Jebb’s rifle

And

sat on a hill

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saw a lone rider

Crossing the plain

I d

rew a bead on him

To pr

actice my aim

My brother’s rifle

Went

of in my hand

A s

hot rang out

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ross the land

The h

orse, he kept running

The r

ider was dead

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hung my head

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Verse 2:

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set off running

wake from the dream

My brother’s rifle

Went

into the sheen

I k

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ept on running

to the south lands

That’s w

here they found me

My h

ead and my hands

The

sheriff he asked me

Why had I run

And t

hen it came to me

Just

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what I had done

And

all for no reason

Just

one peace of lead

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hung my head

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Verse 3:

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Here in the court house

The w

hole town was there

I see the judge

Hig

h up in the chair

Expl

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ain to the court room

What wen

t through you mind

And w

e’ll ask the jury

What ve

rdict they find

I felt the power

death over life

I or

phaned his children

I wi

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dowed his wife

I be

gged their forgiveness

I w

ish I was dead

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hung my head

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hung my head

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Verse 4:

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Early one morning

With

time to kill

I see the gallows

Up on a hill

And

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out in the distance

A t

rick of the brain

I s

ee a lone rider

Cro

ssing the plain

And

he’d come to fetch me

see what they’d done

And

we’d ride together

To k

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ingdom

come

prayed for god’s mercy

For

soon I’d be dead

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hung my head

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hung my head

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Comments 2

J. Sherwood
April 29, 2017 at 2:46 am

This song was actually written by Sting. Johnny Cash did a nice cover of it, though. : )

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Stefano
April 29, 2017 at 9:53 am

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