TOM DOOLEY

LEVEL 5G · 100 BPM · Kingston Trio
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Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.

HOW TO PLAY

  1. 1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
  2. 2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
  3. 3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

(G)Hang down your head, Tom Doo ley,

hang down your head and (D7)cry.

Hang down your (Am7)head, Tom (D7)Doo ley.

Poor (Am7)boy, you’re (D7)bound to (G)die.

I (G)met her on the moun tain, and there I took her (D7)life.

I it (Am7)met n’ her on the (D7)moun tain and a (D7)stabbed in’ her a with my (G)knife.

(G)Hang down your head, Tom Doo ley,

hang down your head and (D7)cry.

Hang down your (Am7)head, Tom (D7)Doo ley.

Poor (Am7)boy, you’re (D7)bound to (G)die.

(G)This her time to mor row,

and reck on where I’ll (D7)be?

If it (Am7)had n’ a been for (D7)Gray son,

I’d a (D7)been in’ in a Ten nes (G)see.

(G)Hang down your head, Tom Doo ley,

hang down your head and (D7)cry.

Hang down your (Am7)head, Tom (D7)Doo ley.

Poor (Am7)boy, you’re (D7)bound to (G)die.

(G)die.

SONG INFO

Level
5 of 5
Key
G
Tempo
100 BPM
Plays
17
Chords
Am Am7 D7 G
Category
Folk
Artist
Kingston Trio

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