{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}
