Tablature i hung my head - Sting

          



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  Subject:         Sting, I Hung My Head

     Date:         Sun, 26 Oct 1997 17:30:36 -0000

     From:         Earthman <clivem@earthman.demon.co.uk>

  

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  ----I Hung My Head by Sting.-----

  -From the album Mercury Falling.-

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  This song is in 9/8 time, but having said that the guitar part is straight eighth notes all

  the way through, so it's not tricky at all once you get used to the groove of it.

  

  

  Capo on 1st fret. All fret positions relative to capo.

  Chord names shown as sounded with capo.

  

  

  Intro:

  

    Bb                 Eb                 G                  Eb

  F |------------------|------0-2---------|------------------|------0-2---------|

  C |------0-2---------|----3-------3---3-|--------2---------|----3-------------|

  Ab|----2-------2---2-|--2---------------|------2-----2---2-|--2---------2---2-|

  Eb|--2---------------|0---------0-------|----4-------------|0---------0-------|

  Bb|0---------0-------|--------------2---|--4-----------0---|--------------4---|

  F |--------------2---|------------------|2---------2-------|------------------|

  Repeat.

  

  

  

  Verse 1:

    Bb                 Eb                 G                  Eb

  F |------------------|------0-2---------|------------------|------0-2---------|

  C |------0-2---------|----3-------3---3-|--------2---------|----3-------------|

  Ab|----2-------2---2-|--2---------------|------2-----2---2-|--2---------2---2-|

  Eb|--2---------------|0---------0-------|----4-------------|0---------0-------|

  Bb|0---------0-------|--------------2---|--4-----------0---|--------------4---|

  F |--------------2---|------------------|2---------2-------|------------------|

    Early one morning  with time to kill  I borrowed Jeb's    and sat on the hill

  						rifle

  

  

    Bb                 Eb                 G                  Eb

  F |------------------|------0-2---------|------------------|------0-2---------|

  C |------0-2---------|----3-------3---3-|--------2---------|----3-------------|

  Ab|----2-------2---2-|--2---------------|------2-----2---2-|--2---------2---2-|

  Eb|--2---------------|0---------0-------|----4-------------|0---------0-------|

  Bb|0---------0-------|--------------2---|--4-----------0---|--------------4---|

  F |--------------2---|------------------|2---------2-------|------------------|

    I saw a lone rider crossing the plain I drew a bead on   to practice my aim

   						him

  

  

    Cm                 Fadd4/A            Fadd4              Bb

  F |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

  C |------2-3---------|------2-3---------|------2-3---------|------0-2---2---2-|

  Ab|----4-------4---4-|----4-------4---4-|----4-------4---4-|----2-------------|

  Eb|--4---------------|--2---------------|--2---------------|--2---------------|

  Bb|2---------2---0---|------------------|------------------|0---------0---2---|

  F |------------------|4---------4---2---|0---------4---0---|------------------|

    My brother's rifle went off in my     a shot rang out    across the land

  				hand

  

  

    Eb                 G                  Bb                 Eb

  F |------0-2---------|------------------|------------------|------0-2---------|

  C |----3-------3---3-|--------2---------|------0-2---------|----3-------3---3-|

  Ab|--2---------------|------2-----2---2-|----2-------2---2-|--2---------------|

  Eb|0---------0-------|----4---------0---|--2---------------|0---------0-------|

  Bb|--------------2---|--4---------------|0---------0-------|--------------2---|

  F |------------------|2---------2-------|--------------2---|------------------|

    The horse he kept  the rider was dead I hung my head     I hung my head

  	running

  

  That's it for the guitar. It just repeats the intro between verses, and repeats the last two

  bars of the verse at the end of verses 2-4.

  

  Verse 2.

  I set off running to wake from the dream

  My brother's rifle went into the stream

  I kept on running into the salt lands

  And that's where they found me, my head in my hands

  The sheriff he asked my why had I run

  And then it came to me just what I had done

  And all for no reason, just one piece of lead

  I hung my head, Ihung my head.

  

  Verse 3.

  Here in the courthouse the whole town is there

  I see the judge high up in his chair

  "Explain to the courtroom what went through your mind

  And we'll ask the jury what verdict they'll find"

  I said "I felt the power of death over life

  I orphaned his children, I widowed his wife

  I beg their forgiveness, I wish I was dead"

  I hung my head, I hung my head.

  

  Verse 4.

  Early one morning with time to kill

  I see the gallows up on the hill

  And out in the distance, a trick of the brain

  I see a lone rider crossing the plain

  He's come to fetch me, to see what they done

  And we'll ride together til Kingdom come

  I pray for God's mercy for soon I'll be dead

  I hung my head, I hung my head.

  

   


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 I hung my head, de Sting 

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