Blue Highway – I Hung My Head chords

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                I Hung My Head - Blue Highway
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Blue Highway
I Hung My Head (1999)
(Sting)

From: "Blue Highway"

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INTRO
| G | C | Em | C | 
| G | C | Em | C | 

G                      CEarly one morning with time to kill
  Em                   CI borrowed a rifle and sat on a hill
  G                CI saw a lone rider crossing the plain
  Em                    CI drew a bead on him to practice my aim

Am                      DMy brother's rifle went off in my hand
  D              GA shot rang out across the land
    C                          EmThe horse, it kept running the rider was dead
  G               C              | Em | C |I hung my head, I hung my head

G                    CI set off running to wake from my dream
Em                      CMy brother's rifle went into the stream
G                   CI kept on running into the south lands
Em                             CThat's where they found me, my head in my hands

    Am                  DThe sheriff he asked me why had I run
    D                       GAnd then it came to me just what I had done
    C                      EmAnd all for no reason just one piece of lead
  G               C              | Em | C |I hung my head, I hung my head

SOLO
| G | C | Em | C | 
| G | C | Em | C | 

G                           CHere in the court house the whole town was there
Em                   CI see the judge high up in his chair
   G                            C"Explain to the court room what went through your mind
    Em                      CAnd we'll ask the jury what verdict they find"

Am               DI felt the power of death and life
  D                        GI orphaned his children, I widowed his wife
  C                        EmI beg their forgiveness, I wish I were dead
  G               C              | Em | C |I hung my head, I hung my head

SOLO
| Am | D | G | C | Em | C |
| G | C | Em | C | 
| Am | D | D | G | C | Em |
| G | C | Em | C |

G                      CEarly one morning with time to kill
Em                     CI see the gallows high up on a hill
    G                      CAnd out in the distance, a trick of the brain
  Em               CI see a lone rider crossing the plain

Am                       DHe's come to fetch me to see what they've done
    D                   GAnd we'll ride together to kingdom come
  C                          EmI prayed for god's mercy for soon I'll be dead
  G             C       Em           CI hung my head,       I hung my head
  G              C  | Em | C |I hung my head 

OUTRO
| G | C | Em | C | 
| G | C | Em | C | (repeat and fade)