Tom: G
G
Hangman, oh hangman, hold your rope awhile
F C F
I think I see my father, over yonder stile
G
Father did you bring me gold or have you brought any fee
F
For to save my body from the cold, clay ground
C F
And my neck from the gallows tree?
[Verse]
G
Oh no, I didn't bring you gold
G
Nor have I brought any fee
F
But I have come to see you hung
C F
Upon the gallows tree
[Instrumental]
G F C F
[Verse]
G
Hangman, oh hangman, hold your rope awhile
F C F
I think I see my brother, over yonder stile
G
Oh, brother did you bring me gold or have you brought any fee
F
For to save my body from the cold, clay ground
C F
And my neck from the gallows tree?
[Verse]
G
Oh no, I didn't bring you gold
G
Nor have I brought any fee
F
But I have come to see you hung
C
Upon the gallows tree
[Chorus]
D G C G D
Oh, the prickly bush, it pricks my heart full sore..
G D Em C
And if ever I'm out of the prickly bush
D G
I'll never get in it anymore
D G C G D
Oh, the prickly bush, it pricks my heart full sore..
G D Em C
And if ever I'm out of the prickly bush
D F
I'll never get in it anymore
[Instrumental]
G F C F
[Verse]
G
Hangman, oh hangman, hold your rope awhile
F C F
I think I see my sister coming, over yonder stile
G
Sister did you bring me gold or have you brought any fee
F
For to save my body from the cold, clay ground
C F
And my neck from the gallows tree?
[Verse]
G
Oh no, I didn't bring you gold
G
Nor have I brought any fee
F
But I have come to see you hung
C
Upon the gallows tree
[Chorus]
D G C G D
Oh, the prickly bush, it pricks my heart full sore..
G D Em C
And if ever I'm out of the prickly bush
D G
I'll never get in it anymore
D G C G D
Oh, the prickly bush, it pricks my heart full sore..
G D Em C
And if ever I'm out of the prickly bush
D F
I'll never get in it anymore
[Instrumental]
G F C F
[Verse]
G
Hangman, oh hangman, hold your rope awhile
F C F
I think I see my lover, over yonder stile
G
Lover did you bring me gold or have you brought any fee
F
For to save my body from the cold, clay ground
C F
And my neck from the gallows tree?
[Verse]
G
Oh yes, I have brought you gold
G
Yes, I've brought your fee
F
And I've not come to see you hung
C
Upon the gallows tree
[Chorus]
D G C G D
Oh, the prickly bush, it pricks my heart full sore..
G D Em C
And if ever I'm out of the prickly bush
D G
I'll never get in it anymore
D G C G D
Oh, the prickly bush, it pricks my heart full sore..
G D Em C
And if ever I'm out of the prickly bush
D G
I'll never get in it anymore
[Chorus]
D G C G D
Oh, the prickly bush, it pricks my heart full sore..
G D Em C
And if ever I'm out of the prickly bush
D G
I'll never get in it anymore
D G C G D
Oh, the prickly bush, it pricks my heart full sore..
G D Em C
And if ever I'm out of the prickly bush
D G
I'll never get in it anymore
