Tom Dooley (Complete) Harmonica Tabs

Throughout history, there’ve been many songs
written about the eternal triangle.
This next one tells the story of a Mr Grayson,
a beautiful woman, And a condemned man named,
Tom Dooley. When the sun rises tomorrow,
Tom Dooley must hang.

CHORUS

4 4 4 -4 -5 -6 -6
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley,

4 4 4 -4 -5 6
Hang down your head and cry.

4 4 4 -4 -5 6 6
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley,

-6 -6 -6 6 -4 -5
Poor boy, you’re bound to die.

VERSE 1

4 4 4 -4 -5 -6 -6
I met her on the mountain.

4 4 -4 -5 6
There I took her life.

4 4 -4 -5 6 6
Met her on the mountain,

-6 -6 6 -4 -5
Stabbed her with my knife.

CHORUS

VERSE 2 & 3 (2 on top, 3 on bottom)

4 -4 -5 -6 -6
This time to-morrow,
This time to-morrow,

4 4 -4 -5 6
Reckon where I’ll be.
Reckon where I’ll be,

4 4 4 -4 -5 6 6
Had–n’t a—-been for Grayson,
Down in some lone-some val-ley,

-6 -6 -6 -6 6 -4 -5
I’d a—been in Ten—nes-see.
Hangin’ from a- white oak tree.

CHORUS (2X after verse 2 & 3)

AT the end, repead last phrase of chorus 2X

-5 -5 -5 -4 -4 -5
Poor boy, you’re bound to die.