8 Chords used in the song: Bb, Gm, Eb, Cm, Cm/Bb, F, F/G, F/A
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INTRO: Bb Gm Eb Cm Gm Bb Eb 2x
VERSE:
Bb Gm Eb
Early one morning, with time to kill
Cm Gm Bb Eb
I borrowed Jeb's rifle, and sat on the hill
Bb Gm Eb
I saw a lone rider, Crossing the plain
Cm Gm Bb Eb
I drew a bead on him, To practice my aim
Cm Cm/Bb F
My brother's rifle, Went off in my hand
F/G F F/A F Bb
A shot rang out across the land
Eb Cm Gm
The horse he kept running, the rider was dead
Eb Bb Gm Eb Cm
I hung my head, I hung my head
VERSE:
Bb Gm Eb Cm
I set off running, to wake from the dream
Gm Bb Eb
My brother's rifle, went into the stream
Bb Gm Eb
I kept on running, in-to the salt lands
Cm Gm Bb Eb
And that's where they found me, my head in my hands
Cm Cm/Bb F F/G
The sheriff he asked me, Why had I run
F F/A F Bb
Then it came to me, just what I had done
Eb Cm Gm
And all for no reason, just one piece of lead
Eb Bb Gm Eb
I hung my head, I hung my head
BREAK: Bb Gm Eb Cm Gm Bb Eb 2x
VERSE:
Here in the courthouse, the whole town is there
I see the judge, High up in his chair
"Explain to the courtroom, what went through your mind
And we'll ask the jury, what verdict they find"
I said "I felt the power, of death over life
I orphaned his children, I widowed his wife
I beg their forgiveness, I wish I was dead"
Eb Bb Gm Eb
I hung my head, I hung my head
Cm Bb Gm Eb Cm
I hung my head, I hung my head
BREAK: Bb Gm Eb Cm Gm Bb Eb 2x
VERSE:
Bb Gm Eb
Early one morning, with time to kill
Cm Gm Bb Eb
I see the gallows, up on the hill
Bb Gm Eb
And out in the distance, a trick of the brain
Cm Gm Bb Eb
I see a lone rider, crossing the plain
Cm Cm/Bb F F/G
He's come to fetch me, to see what they done
F F/A F Bb
We'll ride together, ' Til kingdom come
Eb Cm Gm
I pray for God's mercy, for soon I'll be dead
Eb Bb Gm Eb Cm
I hung my head, I hung my head
Bb Gm Eb Cm
I hung my head, I hung my head
Bb Gm Eb Cm
I hung my head, I hung my head
Bb Gm Eb Cm
I hung my head, I hung my head
Bb Gm Eb Cm
I hung my head, I hung my head
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About this song: I Hung My Head
"I Hung My Head" is a murder ballad written by the singer-songwriter Sting and released on the album Mercury Falling. In 2002, Johnny Cash covered the song in the album American IV: The Man Comes Around along with several other contemporary songs. The song begins describing a young man who takes his brother's rifle out onto the hill early one morning, with time to kill (an idiomatic phrase originating from The Bible foreshadowing the event of the rider's death) to practice his aim.