Hanging Johnny

Trad. Sea Shanty

{t:Hanging Johnny}{st:Trad. Sea Shanty}They [C]call me hanging Johnny [C]Y [F]ay-hay-i-[C]o [C]I [F]never [C]hanged no-[Am]body [Am]And it’s [C]hang, [G7]boys, [C]hang [C]Well [C]first I hanged your mother [C]Y [F]ay-hay-i-[C]o [C]Me [F]sister [C]and me [Am]brother [Am]And it’s [C]hang, [G7]boys, [C]hang [C]I'd [C]hang to make things jolly [C]Y [F]ay-hay-i-[C]o [C]I'd [F]hang all [C]wrong and [Am]folly [Am]And it’s [C]hang, [G7]boys, [C]hang [C]A [F]rope, a beam, a [C]ladder [C]I'll [G]hang ye all to-[C]gether [C]Well [F]next I hanged me [C]granny [C]I'd [G]hang the holy family [G]They [C]call me hanging Johnny [C]Y [F]ay-hay-i-[C]o [C]And I [F]never [C]hanged no-[Am]body [Am]And it’s [C]hang, [G7]boys, [C]hang [C]I'd [C]hang me mates and skippers [C]Y [F]ay-hay-i-[C]o [C]I'd [F]hang 'em [C]by their [Am]flippers [Am]And it’s [C]hang, [G7]boys, [C]hang [C]Come [F]hang, come haul to-[C]gether [C]Come [G]hang for finer [C]weather [C][F]Hang on from the [C]yardarm [C]Hang [G]the sea and buy a pig farm [G]I'd [C]hang the highway robber [C]Y [F]ay-hay-i-[C]o [C]I'd [F]hang the [C]burglar [Am]jobber [Am]And it’s [C]hang, [G7]boys, [C]hang [C] I'd [C]hang a noted liar [C]Y [F]ay-hay-i-[C]o [C]I'd [F]hang a [C]bloated [Am]friar [Am]And it’s [C]hang, [G7]boys, [C]hang [C]They [C]say I hung a copper [C]Y [F]ay-hay-i-[C]o [C]I [F]gave him [C]the long [Am]dropper [Am]And it’s [C]hang, [G7]boys, [C]hang [C]They [C]call me hanging Johnny [C]Y [F]ay-hay-i-[C]o [C]I [F]never [C]hanged no-[Am]body [Am]And it’s [C]hang, [G7]boys, [C]hang [C]Yes they [C]call me hanging Johnny [C]Y [F]ay-hay-i-[C]o [C]I [F]never [C]hanged no-[Am]body [Am]And it’s [C]hang, [G7]↓boys, [C]↓hang{t:Hanging Johnny}

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