Hanging Johnny (CHORDS) by Stan Ridgway

[Intro]~
C C C C
F F C C
F F C Am
C G7 C C


[Verse 1]~
         C       C       C      C
Well they call me Hanging Johnny

  F   F      C  C
Ee-ay,.. he-y i-yo

      F     F        C    Am
Well I never hanged nobody

        C     G7    C    C
And it's hang,.. boys,.. hang


[Verse 2]~
    C       C         C      C
Well first I hanged me mother

  F   F      C  C
Oh-ay,.. he-y i-yo

  F      F      C       Am
Me sister and me brother

    C     G7    C    C
It's hang,.. boys,.. hang


[Verse 3]~
        C       C           C     C
Well I'd hang to make things jolly

  F   F      C  C
Ee-ay,.. he-y i-yo

   F        F         C     Am
I'd hang all wrong and folly

    C     G7    C    C
It's hang,.. boys,.. hang


[Verse 4]~
F       F       C      C
A rope,.. a beam,.. a ladder

    G        G     C      C
I'll hang you all together

    F      F         C      C
Well next I hanged me granny

   G        G      G7     G7
I'd hang the wholly fam'ly


[Verse 5]~
         C       C       C      C
Well they call me Hanging Johnny

  F   F      C  C
Ee-ay,.. he-y i-yo

     F     F        C    Am
And I never hanged nobody

        C     G7    C    C
And it's hang,.. boys,.. hang


[Verse 6]~
     C      C      C       C
Mh mh mhh mh mhh mh mhh mhh

  F   F      C  C
Mh-mh,.. he-y i-yo

  F      F      C      Am
Mh mhh mh mhh mh mh mhh

        C     G7    C    C
And it's hang,.. boys,.. hang


[Verse 7]~
     C      C      C       C
Mh mh mhh mh mhh mh mhh mhh

  F   F      C  C
Ee-ay,.. he-y i-yo

  F      F      C      Am
Mh mhh mh mhh mh mh mhh

        C     G7    C    C
And it's hang,.. boys,.. hang


[Verse 8]~
    F          F     C      C
Come hang,.. come all together

    G        G     C       C
Come hang for finer weather

F       F          C       C
Hang on from the yardarm

        G       G     G7       G7
Hang the sea and buy a big farm


[Verse 9]~
       C       C       C      C
Oh they call me Hanging Johnny

  F   F      C  C
Ee-ay,.. he-y i-yo

      F     F      C    Am
Well I never hung nobody

        C     G7    C    C
And it's hang,.. boys,.. hang


[Verse 10]~
      C        C         C        C
Oh I'd hang the mates and skippers

  F   F      C  C
Ee-ay,.. he-y i-yo

   F         F        C        Am
I'd hang them by their flippers

        C     G7    C
And it's hang,.. boys,.. hang