John Hardy was a desperate little man
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1. John Hardy was a desperate
little man,
D
A
he carried two guns every day.
D A
He shot a man on the
E A
and you oughta
seen John Hardy getting away.
D A
2. John Hardy, he got to the
D
A
he thought that he would be
free.
D
A
And up stepped a man and took
him by the arm,
E A
saying, “Johnny, walk along
with me !”
D
A
3. He sent for his poppy and his mommy, too,
D A
to come to
go his bail.
D A
But money wont
go a murdering case,
E A
and they locked John Hardy
back in jail.
D A
4. John Hardy, he had a pretty little girl,
D A
the dress that she wore was
blue,
D A
as she came skipping through
the old jail hall,
E A
saying, “Poppy, I've been true
to you!”
D A
5. John Hardy, he had another little girl,
D
A
the dress that she wore was
red.
D A
She followed John Hardy to the
hanging ground,
E A
saying Poppy, “I would rather
be dead !”
D
A
6. I've been to the East, and I've been to the West ,
D
A
I've been this wide world
around,
D
A
I've been to the river and
I've been baptized,
E A
and now I'm on my hanging
ground.
D
A
7. John Hardy walked out on his scaffold high,
D
A
with his
loving little wife by his side.
D
A
And the last word she heard
poor John-o say,
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“I'll meet you in that sweet
bye and bye. “
(capo 2nd)
(The Carter Family