Chords for Early Tex Morton - I'll Be Hanged ( If They're Gonna Hang Me) - (1939).

[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ I was standing by a bank in Arizona, _ I hadn't thought of doing [A] any harm.
[D] When along came the sheriff [G] of the county, _ [A] he flicked his badge and grabbed me by the arm.
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[D] _ He said I was the robber of a mail train, he said I was the leader [A] of the gang.
_ [D] He escorted me before a [G] judge and jury, _ [A] and the verdict was that I was gonna hang.
[D] But I'll be hanged if they're gonna hang me, no sir, I'll be hanged if they'll hang me
[A] to a [F#] tree.
[A] _ [D] Now I may not be forgiven, [G] but I'm so darn used to [D] living, I'll be hanged [A] if they're
gonna hang me.
[D] _ _ _ _ A li ole [B] ole [Bm] ole ole ole _ [A] ole _ _ ole [D] ole _ ole [Bm] ole ole ole ole ole ole _ _ [A] ole ole ole ole ole
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[D] Oh they cut my hair and handed me a [C#] number, [D] _ they handed me a towel and [A] cake of [F#] soap.
[A] _ [D] They asked me if I'd like to [G] go and swim in, _ [A] I said no I'd much prefer to [D] skip the rope.
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For 27 days I've been in [C#] prison, [D] _
for doing something that I [A] didn't do. _
[D] Wrote all the friends I have [G] outside the prison, _ [A] won't you please send a saw and see me through?
[D]
Oh, I'll be hanged if they're gonna hang me.
[D] _
If they do, I'll sue the [A] penitentiary.
[F#] _
[A] They [D] can go and hang my photo [G] they took in North Dakota.
[D] I'll be hanged [A] if they're gonna [D] hang [A] me.
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_ Wrote a letter to a friend out in Chicago.
_ _ I asked him if he'd [A] send the 44.
_ _ By [F] mistake he sent a gun for [G] shooting water.
_ [Bm] Now I'm in worse trouble [D] than I was [A] before.
[D] _ So I wrote out to my sweetheart on the prairie.
_ I asked her if she'd help me [A] make a [F#] break.
[A] _ [D] She sent a cake and put [G] inside a hammer.
_ [D] She forgot to [A] send an axe to break the [D] cake.
Oh, I'll be hanged if they're gonna hang me.
_ I'll be hanged if they'll [A] hang me to a [F#] tree.
[A] _ [D] I'm not talking like a smarty, [G] but there'll be no necking party.
[D] I'll be [A] hanged if they're gonna [D] hang me.
_ I'll be _ [B] _
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_ [F] [F#] they'll _ _ [G#] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ hang me. _ _ _
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