I disagree with the other three tabs for this song. Here is the way that sounds right to me:
Tom Dooley
During the into and breaks between verses, you should alternate between E and Esus4 by
your baby finger up and down on the C# (fifth string, fret 2) while holding the E chord
traditional form.
E
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
Fm
Hang down your head and cry,
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
E
Poor boy, your bound to die,
E
I met her on the mountain,
Fm
and there I took her life,
Met her on the mountain,
E
stabbed her with my knife,
E
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
Fm
Hang down your head and cry,
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
E
Poor boy, your bound to die,
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/kingston_trio/tom_dooley_crd_ver_4.html ]
E
This time tomorrow,
Fm
reckon' where I'd be,
Hadn't been for Grayson,
E
I'd been in Tennessee,
E
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
Fm
Hang down your head and cry,
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
E
Poor boy, your bound to die,
E
This time tomorrow,
Fm
reckon' where I'll be,
Down in some lonesome valley,
E
hangin' from a wide oak tree,
E
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
Fm
Hang down your head and cry,
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
E
Poor boy, your bound to die,
E
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
Fm
Hang down your head and cry,
Hang down your head Tom Dooley,
E
Poor boy, your bound to die.
Submitted by Jeffrey Alsip 5/26/06
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