[Intro]
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)

[Chorus]
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die

[Verse 1]
I met her on the mountain
And there I took her life
Met her on the mountain
I stabbed her with my knife

[Chorus]
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die
[Verse 2]
This time tomorrow
Reckon where I'll be
Hadn't a-been for Grayson
I'd a-been in Tennessee

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die

[Verse 3]
This time tomorrow
I reckon where I'll be
In some lonesome valley
Hanging from a white oak tree

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die
[Verse 1]
I met her on the mountain (Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
And there I took her life (Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
Met her on the mountain (Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
Stabbed her with my knife (Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)

[Chorus]
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die

[Outro]
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley) (Poor boy, you're bound to die)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley)
(Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley) (Poor boy, you're bound to die)
(Poor boy, you're bound to die)
(Poor boy, you're bound to die)
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die