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