C G
C G
C G
D D
D G

[Verse 1]
    C                 G
Oh, John Hardy was a desperate little man
C                          G
Strapped on his guns every day
C                      G
Shot down a man on the West Virginia line
D
You ought to see John Hardy getting away
D                                   G
You ought to see John Hardy getting away

[Verse 2]
        C                         G
When he run up to Virginia around East Stone Bridge
C                          G
Thought he would surely be free
     C                           G
And along came a marshall with a gun in his hand
      D
Said, "Johnny come along with me
D                      G
Johnny come along with me."

[Solo Break]
C G
C G
C G
D D
D G
x2

[Verse 3]
    C                        G
Oh, John Hardy had himself a little woman
C                       G
The dress she wore was blue
        C                         G
And she howled up to Johnny as he rode on out of town
      D
Said: Johnny, I'll be true to you
D                      G
Honey, I'll be true to you

[Verse 4]
         C                                    G
Now they searched and they travelled from the East to the West
         C                         G
From the North to the South in the town
     C                              G
But when the sun comes up tomorrow they'll take John Hardy down
     D
And show him to his hanging ground
D                                   G
They'll gonna let John Hardy swing down

[Solo Break]
C G
C G
C G
D D
D G
x2

[Verse 5]
    C                 G
Oh, John Hardy was a desperate little man
C                          G
Strapped on his guns every day
C                      G
Shot down a man on the West Virginia line
D
You ought to see John Hardy getting away
D                                   G
You ought to see John Hardy getting away

[Solo Break]
C G
C G
C G
D D
D G
x2