Chords for The Kingston Trio Tom Dooley Live 1958
Tempo:
108.2 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
Bm
Em
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Not long ago three California college men chipped in to make their own record of a song called
Tom Dooley and in a very few short weeks it has zoomed up the popularity polls to the
Number one spot and you can hear it in this great new album of theirs [E] and here they are ladies and gentlemen in person
To do it first now the sensational Kingston trio
[Bm] [B]
[E]
[Em] [B] You
Throughout history there have been many songs written about the [E] eternal [Bm] triangle this next one tells the true [Em] story
of mr.
Grayson
[E]
beautiful woman and a condemned man named Tom Dooley
when [Em] the Sun [Bm] rises tomorrow
Tom Dooley must [E] hang
[B]
[C#] [E]
Hang down your head
do [B] they
Hang [C#] down your head [B] and cry do me
Oh boy, I [E]
bet her on the mountain
Met [B]
her on stabbed her with [E] my knife
Hang down your head
do they
Hang down your [B] head and do me [E]
this time tomorrow
Wrecking where [B] I'll be
Had the bin for Grayson I'd have been in [E] Tennessee
[B] Oh
[E]
[B]
boy [E]
this time
[B]
Hanging from a [E] white oak tree
[B]
[E] Oh
[B]
[E] [B]
[E] [B]
[E]
[F#m]
[B] [E]
[G#]
Tom Dooley and in a very few short weeks it has zoomed up the popularity polls to the
Number one spot and you can hear it in this great new album of theirs [E] and here they are ladies and gentlemen in person
To do it first now the sensational Kingston trio
[Bm] [B]
[E]
[Em] [B] You
Throughout history there have been many songs written about the [E] eternal [Bm] triangle this next one tells the true [Em] story
of mr.
Grayson
[E]
beautiful woman and a condemned man named Tom Dooley
when [Em] the Sun [Bm] rises tomorrow
Tom Dooley must [E] hang
[B]
[C#] [E]
Hang down your head
do [B] they
Hang [C#] down your head [B] and cry do me
Oh boy, I [E]
bet her on the mountain
Met [B]
her on stabbed her with [E] my knife
Hang down your head
do they
Hang down your [B] head and do me [E]
this time tomorrow
Wrecking where [B] I'll be
Had the bin for Grayson I'd have been in [E] Tennessee
[B] Oh
[E]
[B]
boy [E]
this time
[B]
Hanging from a [E] white oak tree
[B]
[E] Oh
[B]
[E] [B]
[E] [B]
[E]
[F#m]
[B] [E]
[G#]
Key:
E
B
Bm
Em
C#
E
B
Bm
Not long ago three California college men chipped in to make their own record of a song called
Tom Dooley and in a very few short weeks it has zoomed up the popularity polls to the
Number one spot and you can hear it in this great new album of theirs [E] and here they are ladies and gentlemen in person
To do it first now the sensational Kingston trio _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] [B] You
Throughout history there have been many songs written about the [E] eternal [Bm] triangle this next one tells the true [Em] story
of mr.
Grayson
[E] _
beautiful woman and a condemned man named Tom Dooley
when [Em] the Sun [Bm] rises tomorrow _
Tom Dooley must [E] hang
[B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
Hang down your head
do _ [B] _ they
Hang [C#] down your head [B] and cry _ _ _ _ _ _ _ do me
Oh boy, I [E] _ _ _ _
bet her on the mountain _ _
_ _ Met [B] _ _ _ _
_ her on _ _ _ _ stabbed her with [E] my knife _ _
Hang down your head
do _ they
Hang down your [B] head and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ do me _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ this time tomorrow _
Wrecking _ where [B] I'll be _
Had the bin for Grayson _ I'd have been in _ [E] Tennessee _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ Oh _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ boy _ [E] _ _ _ _
this time _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Hanging from a [E] white oak _ tree _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] Oh _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tom Dooley and in a very few short weeks it has zoomed up the popularity polls to the
Number one spot and you can hear it in this great new album of theirs [E] and here they are ladies and gentlemen in person
To do it first now the sensational Kingston trio _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] [B] You
Throughout history there have been many songs written about the [E] eternal [Bm] triangle this next one tells the true [Em] story
of mr.
Grayson
[E] _
beautiful woman and a condemned man named Tom Dooley
when [Em] the Sun [Bm] rises tomorrow _
Tom Dooley must [E] hang
[B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
Hang down your head
do _ [B] _ they
Hang [C#] down your head [B] and cry _ _ _ _ _ _ _ do me
Oh boy, I [E] _ _ _ _
bet her on the mountain _ _
_ _ Met [B] _ _ _ _
_ her on _ _ _ _ stabbed her with [E] my knife _ _
Hang down your head
do _ they
Hang down your [B] head and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ do me _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ this time tomorrow _
Wrecking _ where [B] I'll be _
Had the bin for Grayson _ I'd have been in _ [E] Tennessee _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ Oh _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ boy _ [E] _ _ _ _
this time _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Hanging from a [E] white oak _ tree _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] Oh _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _