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Been All Around This World Chords

Recorded in the Key of E. 
Capo on fret 2 lets you play D, A and G shapes.
 
[Intro]
D D D D
A D G D
G G D D
A D D
 
[Chorus]
D
Hang me, oh, hang me and I’ll be dead and gone   
A            D           G                D
Hang me, oh, hang me and I’ll be dead and gone   
       G                            
(It’s) not the hanging that I mind, 
     D
it’s laying in jail so long
     A          D          D
Been all around this world
 
 
[Verse 1]
D
Up on the Rocky Mountain — is where I’ll make my stand
A               D          G                  D
Up on the Rocky Mountain — where I’ll make my stand
G                     D
Rifle on my shoulder, pistol in my hand
     A          D          D
Been all around this world
 
 
[Chorus]
D
Hang me, oh, hang me and I’ll be dead and gone
A            D           G                D
Hang me, oh, hang me and I’ll be dead and gone
       G                            
(It’s) not the hanging that I mind, 
     D
it’s laying in jail so long
     A          D          D
Been all around this world
 
 
[Instr]
D D D D
A D G D
G G D D
A D D
 
 
[Verse 2]
D
Working on that new railroad, blood up to my knees
A              D             G              D
Working on the new railroad, blood up to my knees
G                                D
Working for old John Henry, he’s mighty hard to please
     A          D          D
Been all around this world
 
 
[Verse 3]
D
If you meet a rich gal, send her down the line
A             D         G                 D
If you meet a rich gal, send her down the line
G                       
If you meet a poor gal, 
       D
you’ll bet she’s a friend of mine
     A          D          D
Been all around this world
 
 
[Chorus]
D
Hang me, oh, hang me and I’ll be dead and gone
A            D           G                D
Hang me, oh, hang me and I’ll be dead and gone
       G                            
(It’s) not the hanging that I mind, 
     D
it’s laying in jail so long
     A          D          D
Been all around this world
 
 
[Instr]
D D D D
A D G D
G G D D
A D D
 
 
[Verse 4]
D
Mama and papa and little sister make three
A        D        G                  D
Mama and papa and little sister make three
G                                       D
March me down to the gallows — it’s the last 

they’ll see of me
     A          D          D
Been all around this world
 
 
[Chorus]
D
Hang me, oh, hang me and I’ll be dead and gone
A            D           G                D
Hang me, oh, hang me and I’ll be dead and gone
       G                            
(It’s) not the hanging that I mind, 
     D
it’s laying in jail so long
     A          D          D
Been all around this world
 
 
[Outro]
D D D D
A D G D
G G D D
A D D
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