Dsus2 | Dsus2 |
Dsus2 | C  G/B | Dsus2 | C  G/B | Dsus2 | C  G/B | Bb | F  G | Dsus2 | Dsus2 |

[Verse]
F                   Dsus2    F                       Dsus2
Wait a little while hangman, wait a little while and see
F                        F       C    G/B        Dsus2
I think I see my father coming, way across the sea
F                        Dsus2   F                          Dsus2
Father, did you bring me silver, Father, did you bring some gold?
F                          F          C                G/B     Dsus2
What did you bring me dear Father, to keep me from the gallows pole?
Dsus2 | C  G/B | Bb | F  G | Dsus2 |  Dsus2 |

F                 Dsus2   F                 Dsus2
I didn't bring no silver, I didn't bring no gold.
F                 F         C        G/B     Dsus2
I come to see you hanging - from the gallows pole.
Dsus2 | C  G/B | Bb | F  G | Dsus2 |  Dsus2 |

[Verse]
F                      Dsus2    F                       Dsus2
Oh wait a little while hangman, wait a little while and see
F                        F       C   G/B       Dsus2
I think I see my mother coming, way across the sea
F                            Dsus2   F                          Dsus2
So, Mother, did you bring me silver, Mother, did you bring some gold?
F                        F        C        G/B     Dsus2   Dsus2
Did you come to see me hanging -  from the gallows pole?
    F                 Dsus2   F                 Dsus2
Ah, I didn't bring no silver, I didn't bring you gold.
F                 F          C        G/B     Dsus2
I come to see you swingin' - from the gallows pole.

[Chorus]
G           Dsus2
            Yeah
G           Dsus2
            You're swingin'
G           Dsus2
            Yeah
C        G/B     Dsus2
From the gallows pole.
G           Dsus2
            Yeah!
G           Dsus2
            You're swingin'!
G           Dsus2
            Yeah
C        G/B     Dsus2
From the gallows pole!

Dsus2 | Dsus2 |
Dsus2 | C  G/B | Dsus2 | C  G/B | Dsus2 | C  G/B | Bb | F  G | Dsus2 | Dsus2 |

[Verse]
F                   Dsus2    F                  Dsus2
Slack up your rope, hangman, slack up it for a while.
F                       F        C      G/B  Dsus2
I think I see my own true lover, riding many mile.
F                           Dsus2  F                         Dsus2
So, lover did you bring me silver, Lover, did you bring some gold?
F                      F          C        G/B     Dsus2
Did you come to see me hanging -  from the gallows pole?

    F                  Dsus2   F                  Dsus2
Oh, yes I brought your silver, I brought a little gold.
F                      F             C                 G/B     Dsus2
I brought a little of everything, to keep you from the gallows pole.

[Chorus]
G           Dsus2
            Yeah
G           Dsus2
            I brought it
G           Dsus2
            Yeah
   C                 G/B     Dsus2
To keep you from the gallows pole.
G           Dsus2
            Yeah!
G           Dsus2
            I brought it!
G           Dsus2
            Yeah!
   C                 G/B     Dsus2
To keep you from the gallows pole!

[Outro]
Dsus2 | C  G/B | Dsus2 | C  G/B | Dsus2 | C  G/B | Bb | F  G | Dsus2 | Dsus2 |

E|----------------------|
Dsus2 000230  (thumb alternates between dropped D string and octave on D string)
C     x3200x
G/B   x2000x
Bb    x1333x
F     3xx21x
G     5xx43x