Uriah Heep – Hanging Tree chords

Am                        FPassing through the arms of satan
Dm                        F     GReaching for the hands of god
Am                        FRobbing every mind for wisdom
Dm                       F     GRunning so he won't get caught
Am                       FHe's outlawed by majority
Dm                       F      GBeen branded all his life
Am                       FSome say that he's a sinner man
Dm                       F      GAs he rides from day to night

Am    G                 FHe's a bad man, so they say
              Dm            G    AmLiving for his love and living free
         G                FRiding swift and secretly
         Dm         G        AmSo he'll miss the hanging tree
         G              FWounded spirit on the wind
         Dm          G       AmRiding to his dream and destiny


He's laughing at the wanted posters
Calling for his friends to see
Laughing aloud as he rides away
Kicking up the dust with speed
Time hands him down a pathway
And freedom is a horse he rides
Glory is a dream he's after
And fortune is his heart's delight

Riding swift and secretly
So he'll miss the hanging tree
Wounded spirit on the wind
Riding to his dream and destiny