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John Hardy - Carter Family - 60 bpm
 
John 
F
Hardy 
was a 
C
desperate little 
man
 
He 
F
carried two 
guns every 
C
day
 
He 
F
shot down a 
man on that 
C
West Virginia 
line
 
You 
G
oughta seen John 
Hardy getting a
way, Poor 
Boy
 
You 
G
oughta seen John 
Hardy getting 
C
away
 
John 
F
Hardy 
stood in that 
C
old bar
room
 
So 
F
drunk that he 
could not 
C
see
 
And a 
F
man walked 
up and 
C
took him by the 
arm
 
He said 
G
Johnny, come and 
go along with 
me, Poor 
boy
 
 
G
Johnny, come and 
walk along with 
C
me
 
John 
F
Hardy 
stood in his 
C
old jail 
cell
 
The 
F
tears running 
down from his 
C
eyes
 
He 
F
said I've been the 
death of 
C
many a poor 
boy
 
But my 
G
six-shooters 
never told a 
lie, Lord 
Lord
 
No, my 
G
six-shooters 
never told a 
C
lie
 
The 
F
first one to 
visit John 
C
Hardy in his 
cell
 
Was a 
F
little girl 
dressed in 
C
blue
 
She 
F
came down 
to that 
C
old jail 
cell
 
She said 
G
Johnny, I've been 
true to 
you, Lord 
Lord
 
God 
G
knows, Johnny, 
I've been true to 
C
you
 
The 
F
next one to 
Visit John 
C
Hardy in his 
cell
 
Was a 
F
little girl 
dressed in 
C
red
 
She 
F
come down 
to that 
C
old jail 
cell
 
She said, 
G
Johnny, I'd 
rather see you 
dead, Lord 
Lord
 
Well, 
G
Johnny, I had 
rather see you 
C
dead
 
I've 
F
been to the 
East and I've 
C
been to the 
West
 
I've 
F
traveled this 
wide world 
C
around
 
I've 
F
been to that 
river and 
C
I've been bap
tized
 
So 
G
take me to my 
burying 
ground, Lord 
Lord
 
So 
G
take me to my 
burying 
C
ground