Chords for The Hanging Tree
Tempo:
94.2 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] High upon the mountainside [F] there grows an ancient [D] tree
has been handed down all through my family
vile, twisted, evil thing [F] that stood the test of [D] time
wind and rain and hurricane and still the tree is alive
But [C] tonight it's [G] coming down
I'm [F] gonna put it [G] on the ground
The [D] hanging tree
1864 [Dm] when a band of rebel men
has been handed down all through my family
vile, twisted, evil thing [F] that stood the test of [D] time
wind and rain and hurricane and still the tree is alive
But [C] tonight it's [G] coming down
I'm [F] gonna put it [G] on the ground
The [D] hanging tree
1864 [Dm] when a band of rebel men
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ High upon the mountainside [F] there grows an ancient [D] tree
Its story has been handed down all through my family
A vile, twisted, evil thing [F] that stood the test of [D] time
Through wind and rain and hurricane and still the tree is alive _
But [C] tonight _ it's [G] coming down
I'm [F] gonna put it [G] on the ground
[A]
The [D] hanging tree
_ The year was 1864 [Dm] when a band of rebel men
[D] Were captured by the Union boys, that's how the tale began
They hung them up and shot a man [Dm] before they cut him down
[D] Their blood ran down the trunk and fed their roots down underground
_ But [C]
tonight it's [G] coming down
I'm [F] gonna put it [D] on the ground
[Dm] The [D] hanging tree
[Dm] _ _ [G] I've heard that it's been there [D] since before the dawn of man
[G] But I'm the one who'll bring it [E] down tonight with these [D] two hands
The hanging tree _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ In 1952 a young man sleeping in his bed
[G] Was waken by an angry [D] mob with hooves upon their heads
The cowards hung him from the [C] tree, afraid to [F] show their face
[G] Convinced the evil thing they'd [D] done was strengthening their _ race
But [C] tonight it's [D] coming down
I'm [F] gonna put it [G] on the ground
[A] The [D] hanging tree
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [D] Ten years ago my daddy lost his job down at the mill
[G] And then he fell into the [A] world of alcohol and pills
[D] Mama left, the only [Dm] thing she took with her was [D] me
And daddy climbed the mountainside toward the hanging tree
_ [C] But tonight _ [G] it's coming down
_ [F] I'll put the damn _ [G] thing on the ground
[A] The [D] hanging tree _
_ [G] I've heard that it's been there [D] since before the dawn of man
[G] But I'm the one who'll bring it [A] down tonight with [C] these two hands
The [D] hanging tree
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _
Its story has been handed down all through my family
A vile, twisted, evil thing [F] that stood the test of [D] time
Through wind and rain and hurricane and still the tree is alive _
But [C] tonight _ it's [G] coming down
I'm [F] gonna put it [G] on the ground
[A]
The [D] hanging tree
_ The year was 1864 [Dm] when a band of rebel men
[D] Were captured by the Union boys, that's how the tale began
They hung them up and shot a man [Dm] before they cut him down
[D] Their blood ran down the trunk and fed their roots down underground
_ But [C]
tonight it's [G] coming down
I'm [F] gonna put it [D] on the ground
[Dm] The [D] hanging tree
[Dm] _ _ [G] I've heard that it's been there [D] since before the dawn of man
[G] But I'm the one who'll bring it [E] down tonight with these [D] two hands
The hanging tree _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ In 1952 a young man sleeping in his bed
[G] Was waken by an angry [D] mob with hooves upon their heads
The cowards hung him from the [C] tree, afraid to [F] show their face
[G] Convinced the evil thing they'd [D] done was strengthening their _ race
But [C] tonight it's [D] coming down
I'm [F] gonna put it [G] on the ground
[A] The [D] hanging tree
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [D] Ten years ago my daddy lost his job down at the mill
[G] And then he fell into the [A] world of alcohol and pills
[D] Mama left, the only [Dm] thing she took with her was [D] me
And daddy climbed the mountainside toward the hanging tree
_ [C] But tonight _ [G] it's coming down
_ [F] I'll put the damn _ [G] thing on the ground
[A] The [D] hanging tree _
_ [G] I've heard that it's been there [D] since before the dawn of man
[G] But I'm the one who'll bring it [A] down tonight with [C] these two hands
The [D] hanging tree
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _