Chords for Bobby Bare - Lynching Party (Master Version)

The lynch mob gathered [G] in the square
_ [A] across
_ from [D] the jail
_ _ _ Young Billy watched [G] them from his cell and [A] felt his [D] courage fail _ _
Bill swore he [G] wasn't guilty _ _
The [A] evidence was plain _
_ _ _ _ _ Tomorrow he would [G] go on trial
for [A] killing Mary [D] Jane
_ _ [G] They shouted
_ _ [D] _ Prisoner Hardy, [G] we're gonna have [D] a lynching party
Hang him high
[G] Watch him die [A] for killing Mary [D] Jane _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ The mob [D] is the closer [G] to the jail
[A] excitement _ [D] all around _ _
Deputies [G] kept moving back
afraid [A] to hold [D] their ground
_ Then a young girl cried [G] you cows
_ [A] But the lynching mob [D] surged ahead
_ _ Dragged young Billy [G] from that jail [A] and soon the kid [D] was dead
They [G] shouted _ feed the prisoner Hardy
[G] We're gonna have [D] a lynching party
[D] Hang him high
[G] Watch him die [A] for killing Mary [D] Jane _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ Weeks went by [G] and no one spoke [A] about it _ [D] anymore
_ I seem to see [G] the refills mother [A] _
hung up on [D] her door
_ And then one night [G] later I dragged a ragged _ [A]
hobo from [D] the train
_ He confessed he [G] was the one who [A] killed young Mary [D] Jane
They [G] shouted feed [D] the prisoner Hardy
[G] We're gonna have [D] a lynching party
Hang him high
[G] Watch him die [A] for killing Mary Jane
_ [D] _ _ We're gonna have a lynching party
[G] Watch him die [A] for killing Mary [D] Jane _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _