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I Hung My Head by Sting
I Hung My Head
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/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/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/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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version 2
Capo on 1st
Intro: A F#m
A F#m
Early one morning, with time to kill
A F#m
I borrowed Jeb's rifle, and sat on the hill
A F#m
I saw a lone rider, crossing the plane
A F#m
I drew a beed on him, to practice my aim
Bm E
My Brother's rifle went off in my hand
E A
A shot rang out across the land
D F#m7
The horse he kept running, the rider was dead
A F#m
I hung my head, I hung my head
A F#m
I set off running, to wake from the dream
A F#m
My brother's rifle, went into the stream
A F#m
I kept on running, in-to the salt lands
A F#m
And that's where they found me, my head in my hands
Bm E
The sheriff he asked me, why had I run
E A
Then it came to me, just what I had done
D F#m7
And all for no reason, just one piece of lead
A F#m
I hung my head, I hung my head
BREAK: A F#m D A
A F#m
Here in the courthouse, the whole town is there
A F#m
I see the judge, high up in his chair
A F#m
"Explain to the courtroom, what went through your mind
A F#m
And we'll ask the jury, what verdict they find"
Bm E
I said "I felt the power, of death over life
E A
I orphaned his children, I widowed his wife
D F#m7
I beg their forgiveness, I wish I was dead"
A F#m
I hung my head, I hung my head
A F#m
I hung my head, I hung my head
BREAK: A F#m D A
A F#m
Early one morning, with time to kill
A F#m
I see the gallows, up on the hill
A F#m
And out in the distance, a trick of the brain
A F#m
I see a lone rider, crossing the plain
Bm E
He's come to fetch me, to see what they done
E A
We'll ride together, 'Til kingdom come
D F#m7
I pray for God's mercy, for soon I'll be dead
A F#m
I hung my head, I hung my head
A F#m
I hung my head, I hung my head
A F#m
I hung my head, I hung my head
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version 3
---> Capo on 3rd Fret !!!
Gadd9 3-x-0-2-0-3
Cadd9 x-3-2-0-3-3
Emadd9 0-2-2-0-0-2
Dadd11/C x-0-0-0-1-2
D7 x-0-0-2-1-2
Gadd9 Cadd9
Early one morning with time to kill
Emadd9 Cadd9
I borrowed Jeb's rifle and sat on the hill
Gadd9 Cadd9
I saw a lone rider crossing the plain
Emadd9 Cadd9
I drew a bead on him to practice my aim
Am Dadd11/C
My brother's rifle went off in my hand
D7 Gadd9
A shot rang out across the land
Cadd9 Emadd9
The horse he kept running, the rider was dead
Gadd9 Cadd9
I hung my head, I hung my head
I set off running to wake from the dream
And my brother's rifle went into the stream
I kept on running into the salt lands
And that's where they found me, my head in my hands
The sheriff he asked me "Why had I run"
Then it came to me just what I had done
And all for no reason, just one piece of lead
I hung my head, I hung my head
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"
I hung my head, I hung my head
Early one morning with time to kill
I see the gallows up on the hill
And out in the distance a trick of the brain
I see a lone rider crossing the plain
He's come to fetch me to see what they done
We'll ride together til Kingdom come
I pray for God's mercy for soon I'll be dead
I hung my head, I hung my head
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version 4
This song is in 9/8 time, but having said that the guitar part is straight eighth notes all
the way through, so it's not tricky at all once you get used to the groove of it.
Capo on 1st fret. All fret positions relative to capo.
Chord names shown as sounded with capo.
Intro:
Bb Eb G Eb
F |------------------|------0-2---------|------------------|------0-2---------|
C |------0-2---------|----3-------3---3-|--------2---------|----3-------------|
Ab|----2-------2---2-|--2---------------|------2-----2---2-|--2---------2---2-|
Eb|--2---------------|0---------0-------|----4-------------|0---------0-------|
Bb|0---------0-------|--------------2---|--4-----------0---|--------------4---|
F |--------------2---|------------------|2---------2-------|------------------|
Repeat.
Verse 1:
Bb Eb G Eb
F |------------------|------0-2---------|------------------|------0-2---------|
C |------0-2---------|----3-------3---3-|--------2---------|----3-------------|
Ab|----2-------2---2-|--2---------------|------2-----2---2-|--2---------2---2-|
Eb|--2---------------|0---------0-------|----4-------------|0---------0-------|
Bb|0---------0-------|--------------2---|--4-----------0---|--------------4---|
F |--------------2---|------------------|2---------2-------|------------------|
Early one morning with time to kill I borrowed Jeb's and sat on the hill
rifle
Bb Eb G Eb
F |------------------|------0-2---------|------------------|------0-2---------|
C |------0-2---------|----3-------3---3-|--------2---------|----3-------------|
Ab|----2-------2---2-|--2---------------|------2-----2---2-|--2---------2---2-|
Eb|--2---------------|0---------0-------|----4-------------|0---------0-------|
Bb|0---------0-------|--------------2---|--4-----------0---|--------------4---|
F |--------------2---|------------------|2---------2-------|------------------|
I saw a lone rider crossing the plain I drew a bead on to practice my aim
him
Cm Fadd4/A Fadd4 Bb
F |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
C |------2-3---------|------2-3---------|------2-3---------|------0-2---2---2-|
Ab|----4-------4---4-|----4-------4---4-|----4-------4---4-|----2-------------|
Eb|--4---------------|--2---------------|--2---------------|--2---------------|
Bb|2---------2---0---|------------------|------------------|0---------0---2---|
F |------------------|4---------4---2---|0---------4---0---|------------------|
My brother's rifle went off in my a shot rang out across the land
hand
Eb G Bb Eb
F |------0-2---------|------------------|------------------|------0-2---------|
C |----3-------3---3-|--------2---------|------0-2---------|----3-------3---3-|
Ab|--2---------------|------2-----2---2-|----2-------2---2-|--2---------------|
Eb|0---------0-------|----4---------0---|--2---------------|0---------0-------|
Bb|--------------2---|--4---------------|0---------0-------|--------------2---|
F |------------------|2---------2-------|--------------2---|------------------|
The horse he kept the rider was dead I hung my head I hung my head
running
That's it for the guitar. It just repeats the intro between verses, and repeats the last two
bars of the verse at the end of verses 2-4.
Verse 2.
I set off running to wake from the dream
My brother's rifle went into the stream
I kept on running into the salt lands
And that's where they found me, my head in my hands
The sheriff he asked my why had I run
And then it came to me just what I had done
And all for no reason, just one piece of lead
I hung my head, Ihung my head.
Verse 3.
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'll 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"
I hung my head, I hung my head.
Verse 4.
Early one morning with time to kill
I see the gallows up on the hill
And out in the distance, a trick of the brain
I see a lone rider crossing the plain
He's come to fetch me, to see what they done
And we'll ride together til Kingdom come
I pray for God's mercy for soon I'll be dead
I hung my head, I hung my head.
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version 5
Tuning: Standard, with capo on 3th. fret
* * * * *
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4
Intro, Verses, Interludes:
e|----------------|--------0-------|----------------|--------0-------|
B|--------0-------|----1h3----1---1|----------------|----1h3----1---1|
G|----0h2---------|--0-------------|--------0-------|--0-------------|
D|--0--------0---0|----------------|----2h4---------|----------------|
A|----------------|3--------3---0--|--2--------2---2|3--------3---2--|
E|3--------3---0--|----------------|0--------0---3--|----------------|
Bridge:
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|------0h1-------|------0h1-------|------0h1-------|--------0-------|
G|----2------2---2|----4-----------|----2------2---2|----0h2----0---0|
D|--2-------------|--0--------0---0|0-0------0---4--|--0-------------|
A|0--------0------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|-------------3--|2--------2---0--|----------------|3--------3---0--|
e|--------0-------|----------------|
B|----1h3----1---1|----------------|
G|--0-------------|--------0-------|
D|----------------|----2h4----2---2|
A|3--------3---0--|--2----------3--|
E|----------------|0--------3------|
Chorus:
e|----------------|--------0-------|
B|--------0-------|----1h3----1---1|
G|----0h2----0---0|--0-------------|
D|--0-------------|----------------| Repeat.
A|----------------|3--------3---0--|
E|3--------3---0--|----------------|
Early one morning with time to kill
I borrowed Jeb's rifle and sat on the hill
I saw a lone rider crossing the plain
I drew a bread on him to practice my aim
My brother's rifle went off in my hand
A shot rang out across the land
The horse he kept running the rider was dead
I hung my head, I hung my head
I hung my head, I hung my head
I set off running to wake from the dream
My brother's rifle went into the stream
I kept on running into the salt lands
And that's where they found me, my head in my hands
The sheriff he asked me "Why had I run"
Then it came to me just what I had done
And all for no reason, just one piece of lead
I hung my head, I hung my head
I hung my head, I hung my head
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"
I hung my head, I hung my head
I hung my head, I hung my head
Early one morning with time to kill
I see the gallows up on the hill
And out in the distance a trick of the brain
I see a lone rider crossing the plain
He's come to fetch me to see what they done
We'll ride together 'til Kingdom come
I pray for God's mercy for soon I'll be dead
I hung my head, I hung my head
I hung my head, I hung my head
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