:::::::::: John Hardy :::::::::: Transcribed by Sean Winnie G D C G/B (<-use in those rockinŐ interludes) e---3-----2----0---7(8)- b---0-----3----1---8---- g---0(3~)-2----0---7---- d---0-----0----2---0---- a---2----------3---X---- E---3--------------7---- Main Theme C G C G d-----2--2h3-2-0----------------2-3-2----------------- a---3-3----------2p0----(0-2)-3--------0h2-----0-2---- E--------------------3----------------3----3-3-------- Lyrics and Chords: C G C G C G John Hardy, he was a desperate little man C G Carried two guns every day C G Shot a man down on the West Virginia line G( a-0h2-- ) (add g---3~-- later) They saw John Hardy get away G D They saw John Hardy get away They cornered John Hardy on the Tombstone bridge He thought that he was free 'Til the deputy sheriff came and grabbed him by the arm Said "Johnny, come along with me" "Johnny, come along with me" (hard rockin' interlude) John Hardy, he stood inside his cell Tears running down his eyes Said "I've seen the death of many a poor boy Now I'm ready to die Now I'm ready to die" (another instrumental interlude) Well, I've been to the east and I've been to the west I've been the whole world round I've been to the north and I've been to the south Now I'm going to my hanging ground I'm going to my hanging ground ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sean Winnie 400 Dewey #312, St Paul, MN 55104 (612) 659-9409 swinnie@macalstr.edu