Tom: C
G C F C G
[Verse]
G C
Well, I can hear mamma singin' the hangin' tree
Bb C G
Sound like someone singin' harmony
G C
And me and my brother we don't make a peep
Bb C G
We go down slow to the hangin' tree
G C
Hangin' tree's down by the river's edge
Bb C G
We come up stream and peek over the ledge
G C
And mamma's got a rope and a kitchen knife
Bb C G
And the harmony singer is the preacher's wife
G C
Mamma put a bible in her right hand
Bb C G
And asked her if she been seein' her man
G C
Well, me and my brother don't hear no more
Bb C G
Cause right then the rain began to pour
G C
It was an hour past dark when she came back home
Bb C G
And we never saw papa round here no more
G C
Mamma took to sittin' by the hangin' tree
Bb C G
But there ain't no body singin' harmony
G C Bb C G
[Verse]
G C
The preacher's wife she don't leave his side
Bb C G
And we ain't got papa to tan no hide
G C
My older brother he took his life
Bb C G
And I took to peepin' on the preacher's wife
[Solo]
G C Bb C G x6
[Verse]
G C
I left my mamma when I was sixteen
F C G
Strung up in the limbs of the hangin' tree
