The Band of Heathens - The hangin tree

^GWell, I can hear mamma singin' the hangin' t^Cree S^Found like someone singin' ^Charmony^G A^Gnd me and my brother we don't make a p^Ceep We^F go down slow to the h^Cangin' tre^Ge H^Gangin' tree's down by the river's e^Cdge ^FWe come up stream and peek o^Cver the l^Gedge A^Gnd mamma's got a rope and a kitchen kni^Cfe ^FAnd the harmony singer is the p^Creacher's w^Gife M^Gamma put a bible in her right ha^Cnd And ^Fasked her if she been ^Cseein' her m^Gan W^Gell, me and my brother don't hear no m^Core Cause ^Fright then the rain b^Cegan to p^Gour I^Gt was an hour past dark when she came back h^Come ^FAnd we never saw papa round h^Cere no m^Gore M^Gamma took to sittin' by the hangin' tr^Cee B^Fut there ain't no body si^Cngin' harmo^Gny

T^Ghe preacher's wife she don't leave his si^Cde And ^Fwe ain't got papa to t^Can no hi^Gde M^Gy older brother he took his li^Cfe And ^FI took to peepin' on the ^Cpreacher's wi^Gfe

^GI left my mamma when I was si^Cxteen ^FStrung up in the limbs of the h^Cangin' t^Gree