John Hardy Chords by Tony Rice

Tempo:
146.6 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

D

A

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Tony Rice - John Hardy chords
Start Jamming...
One, two, three.
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[D]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [D]
Johnny, [G] come along with me.
[C]
[G] [C]
[G] [D]
[A] [Gm] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [D]
[C] I'll tell you, Hardy had [G] himself a little boy.
[C] The dress he wore [G] was blue.
[C] And she hollered out to Johnny [G] as he rode on out of town.
[D] Said, Johnny, I'll be true to you.
Johnny, I'll be true [G] to you.
[C] Life has led him to travel [G] from the east to the west,
[C] from the north to the south [G] and to town.
But [C] when the sun comes up tomorrow, [G] boy, they'll take John Hardy down.
[D] And show him to his hangin'.
They're gonna let John Hardy [G] swing down.
[C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [D]
[C] How kinda hard he [G] was, the desperate mother with.
[C] Trapped on his guns [G] every day.
[C] Shot down a [D] man on the west Virginia mud.
You oughta see John Hardy gettin' away.
Oughta see John Hardy gettin' [G] away.
[C] [G] [C]
[G] [C]
[D]
[G] [C]
[G]
[G] [Cm]
[G] [D]
[G]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
A
1231
Gm
123111113
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
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To learn Tony Rice - John Hardy chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - C, G, C, D and G of chords. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 73 BPM and then match the original tempo of 147 BPM. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of G Minor.

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_ One, two, three. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Johnny, [G] come along with me. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ I'll tell you, Hardy had [G] himself a little boy.
_ _ [C] The dress he wore [G] was blue.
_ [C] And she hollered out to Johnny [G] as he rode on out of town.
[D] Said, Johnny, I'll be true to you.
_ _ Johnny, I'll be true [G] to you.
_ [C] Life has led him to travel [G] from the east to the west,
[C] from the north to the south [G] and to town.
But [C] when the sun comes up tomorrow, [G] boy, they'll take John Hardy down.
[D] And show him to his _ _ hangin'.
They're gonna let John Hardy [G] swing down.
_ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ How kinda hard he [G] was, the desperate mother with.
[C] Trapped on his guns [G] every day.
_ _ [C] Shot down a [D] man on the west Virginia mud.
You oughta see John Hardy gettin' away.
_ _ _ Oughta see John Hardy gettin' [G] away.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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