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I Hung My Head - Blue Highway
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Blue Highway
I Hung My Head (1999)
(Sting)
From: "Blue Highway"
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INTRO
| G | C | Em | C |
| G | C | Em | C |
[G]Early one morning with [C]time to kill
I [Em]borrowed a rifle and [C]sat on a hill
I [G]saw a lone rider [C]crossing the plain
I [Em]drew a bead on him to [C]practice my aim
[Am]My brother's rifle went [D]off in my hand
A [D]shot rang out a[G]cross the land
The [C]horse, it kept running the [Em]rider was dead
G C | Em | C |
I hung my head, I hung my head
[G]I set off running to [C]wake from my dream
[Em]My brother's rifle went [C]into the stream
[G]I kept on running in[C]to the south lands
[Em]That's where they found me, my [C]head in my hands
The [Am]sheriff he asked me [D]why had I run
And [D]then it came to me just [G]what I had done
And [C]all for no reason just [Em]one piece of lead
G C | Em | C |
I hung my head, I hung my head
SOLO
| G | C | Em | C |
| G | C | Em | C |
[G]Here in the court house the [C]whole town was there
[Em]I see the judge high [C]up in his chair
"Ex[G]plain to the court room what [C]went through your mind
And [Em]we'll ask the jury what [C]verdict they find"
[Am]I felt the power [D]of death and life
I [D]orphaned his children, I [G]widowed his wife
I [C]beg their forgiveness, I [Em]wish I were dead
G C | Em | C |
I hung my head, I hung my head
SOLO
| Am | D | G | C | Em | C |
| G | C | Em | C |
| Am | D | D | G | C | Em |
| G | C | Em | C |
[G]Early one morning with [C]time to kill
[Em]I see the gallows high [C]up on a hill
And [G]out in the distance, a [C]trick of the brain
I [Em]see a lone rider [C]crossing the plain
[Am]He's come to fetch me to [D]see what they've done
And [D]we'll ride together [G]to kingdom come
I [C]prayed for god's mercy for [Em]soon I'll be dead
I [G]hung my head, [C] I [Em]hung my head[C]
G C | Em | C |
I hung my head
OUTRO
| G | C | Em | C |
| G | C | Em | C |
(repeat and fade)
