[Intro]
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
[Chorus]
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die
[Verse 1]
I met her on the mountain (Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
And there I took her life (Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
Met her on the mountain (Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
I stabbed her with my knife (Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
[Chorus]
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die
[Verse 2]
This time tomorrow (Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
I reckon where I'll be (Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
Hadn't a-been for Grayson (Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
I'd a-been in Tennessee (Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die
[Verse 3]
This time tomorrow (Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
I reckon where I'll be (Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
In some lonesome valley (Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
Hanging from a white oak tree (Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die
[Verse 1]
I met her on the mountain (Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
And there I took her life (Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
Met her on the mountain (Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
Stabbed her with my knife (Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
[Chorus]
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die
[Outro]
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley) (Poor boy, you're bound to die)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley) (Poor boy, you're bound to die)
(Poor boy, you're bound to die)
(Poor boy, you're bound to die)
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die
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