Tom: D
D A D A
I left my hometown one warm summer evening
D G D A
Went down to the station to catch me a train
D A D A
Rode west through Missouri and into Wyoming
D G A D
Headed out to California to stake a gold claim
[Verse 1]
D A D A
I met her at Clancy’s, the cause of my trouble
D G D A
A woman with beauty for all men to see
D A D A
She fed me rye whiskey and gave me a six-gun
D G A D
Said, The fools do the diggin' smart men work for me
[Chorus]
D G
There's gold in the mountain, gold in the valleys
D E A
Gold in the river and gold in the sea
D G
Fortunes are waiting for men to claim them
D A D
But only the hangman is waiting for me
[Verse 2]
D A D A
She gave me her favor, I gave her my six-gun
D G D A
We cheated most all of the miners in town
D A D A
Those who complained that she dealt from the bottom
D G A D
Were challenged to draw and were quickly shot down
[Bridge]
D A D A
I'm so tired of killing for love of this woman
D G D A
The notches on my gun are twenty and three
D A D A
The next one I kill will be my scarlet lover
D G A D
And that's why the hangman is waiting for me
[Chorus]
D G
There's gold in the mountain, gold in the valleys
D E A
Gold in the river and gold in the sea
D G
Fortunes are waiting for men to claim them
D A D
But only the hangman is waiting for me
