VERSE:

4   4    4    -4   -5    -6     -6 

I met her on the mountain 

  4       4   -4    -5     6 

There I took her life

  4      4    -4  -5     6      6 

Met her on the mountain

    6           6     -5      -4     -5 

Stabbed her with my knife

CHORUS:

    4         4        4      -4       -5     -6   -6 

Hang down your head, Tom Dooley 

    4         4       4       -4     -5     6 

Hang down your head and cry 

   4          4        4      -4        -5      6    6 

Hang down your head, Tom Dooley

   6        6       -6       -5      -4    -5 

Poor boy, you're bound to die