Tonart: G minor•
Verse 1
Gm
Bm
Cm
It's the straw man.
Ebm
Gm
Dm
Gm
G
Gm
The village square stands quiet,
with the curfew still in force.
Gsus4
Gm
The streets are even clearer
Gsus4
of dogs and whores.
Gm
Like some evil bird of prey,
the scaffold spreads its wings.
Gsus4
Gm
The people build their fires
and bolt their doors
Eb
The mayor is giving dinner
F
to the officers and wives
Cm
Gm
F
His eld est son is learning how to fawn
Cm
The barrack block is
F
the soldiers drawing lots
Cm
Gm
F
Who will be the hangman in the dawn?
Gm
The long -forgotten young man
Bb
was tried for about a year
Cm
Eb
His home is in the village close nearby
Gm
He shivers at the thought
Bb
of what he's forced to do next day
Cm
Eb
He won ders who it is that has to die
The full moon casts a cold light
F
on the gloomy prison walls
Cm
The baby's dwarfs who
Gm
F
say he cannot sleep
Cm
Gm
He hears the waiting gallows
F
clanging just beyond the door
Cm
Gm
He prays for he has no
Gm
The bay begins to break,
Bb
the muffled drums begin to sound
Cm
Eb
A crowd begins to gather in the square
Gm
The presence of the hangman,
Bb
his ter rifying mask
Cm
Weights heavy on the mind
The colonel reads the sentence
F
with the pain in all my heart
Cm
He has never shown alle
Gm
F
giance to the king
Cm
Gm
He's cried and danced with God himself
F
in the evening of pride
Cm
Gm
The baby's head held high,
Gm
If you ever hate his hand,
Bb
watch the man walk with eyes
Cm
You need to throw the dog
Gm
The hangman perceived his victim,
Bb
and the blood drained from his face
Cm
He seated the younger brother,
The hangman tried to protest
F
but was ordered to proceed
Cm
His trembling hands began
Gm
Bb
F
to take the stage
Cm
Gm
His eyes of blindness, spitting tears,
F
he cried for all the years
F
we hang Him in Thy name
Cm
F
Forgive me God,
F#dim
F
we hang Him in Thy name
Gm
F
I'll be hanging in my grave?
Cm
What do you think I'll be
Gm
Bb
F
hanging in my grave?
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Akkorde & SongtexteGm Bm Cm Ebm Dm...
Gm
Bm
Cm
Ebm
Dm
G
Gsus4
Eb
F
Bb
F#dim
Capo: 3
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