Verse
B E
My name is Donald White, you see
F#7 B
I stand before you all
B E B
I was judged by you a murderer
F#7
And the hangman’s knot must fall
B E B
I will die upon the gallows pole
E
When the moon is shining clear
B E
And these are my final words
F#7 B
That you will ever hear
[Verse 2]
B E
If I had some education
F#7 B
To give me a decent start
B E B
I might have been a doctor or
B F#7
G# master in the arts
B E B
But I used my hands for stealing
E
When I was very young
B E
And they locked me down in jailhouse cells
F#7 B
That’s how my life begun
[Verse 3]
B E
Oh, the inmates and the prisoners
F#7 B
I found they were my kind
B E B
It was there inside the bars
B F#7
I found my peace of mind
B E B
But the jails they were too crowded
B E
Institutions overflowed
B E
So they turned me loose to walk upon
F#7 B
Life’s hurried tangled road
[Verse 4]
B E
And there’s danger on the ocean
F#7 B
Where the salt sea waves split high
B E B
And there’s danger on the battlefield
B F#7
Where the shells of bullets fly
B E B
And there’s danger in this open world
B E
Where men fight to be free
B E
And for me the greatest danger
F#7 B
Was in society
[Verse 5]
B E
So I asked them to send me back
F#7 B
To the institution home
B E B
But they said they were too crowded
B F#7
For me they had no room
B E B
I got down on my knees and begged
B E
“Oh, please put me away”
B E
But they would not listen to my plea
F#7 B
Or nothing I would say
[Verse 6]
B E
And so it was on Christmas Eve
F#7 B
In the year of ’59
B E B
It was on that night I killed a man
B F#7
I did not try to hide
B E B
The jury found me guilty
B E
And I won’t disagree
B E
For I knew that it would happen
F#7 B
If I wasn’t put away
[Verse 7]
B E
But I’m glad I’ve had no parents
F#7 B
To care for me or cry
B E B
For now they will never know
B F#7
The horrible death that I die
B E B
And I’m also glad I’ve had no friends
B E
To see me in disgrace
B E
For they’ll never see that hangman’s hood
F#7 B
Wrap around my face
[Verse 8]
B E
Farewell unto the old north woods
F#7 B
Of which I used to roam
B E B
Farewell unto the crowded bars
B F#7
Of which’ve been my home
B E B
Farewell to all you people
B E
Who think the worst of me
B E
I guess you’ll feel much better when
F#7 B
I’m on that hanging tree
[Verse 9]
B E
But there’s just one more question
F#7 B
Before they kill me dead
B E B
I’m wondering just how much
B F#7
To you I really said
B E B
Concerning all the boys that walk
B E
G# road just like me
B E
Are they enemies or victims
F#7 B
Of your society?
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