The Redemption Of John Hardy

	  		



Intro: F  C  F  C   F  C 

verse 1 
     G                    C 
They say John Hardy was a bad man 
G                      C 
Low down and desperate too 
        F 
But you don't see the dark  
                                   C 
That lurks in the heart, until you do 


verse 2 
   G                    C 
By then it's always too late 
    G                 C 
And somebody's got to pay 
   F 
In this case a man 
                                  C    G 
Who tried to steal a ham and get away 

 
     Am                F 
"The love you gave me, couldn't save me" 
G 
From his lips to god, he whispered 
 F                  C 
"Don't you count on me 
 F                  C 
"Don't you count on me" 
              G 
I've done you wrong 
                    F    Am  G  C 
A mother's son is gone 



verse 3 
   G                           C 
In one hand he held his pistol steady 
       G                    C 
In the other, his drink, so well 
   F 
He toasted his friends 
                                    C 
"I'll see you all again, someday in hell 


verse 4 
   G                  C 
He made his way to Virginia 
     G                 C 
They caught him on the track 
F 
Shackled and chained 
                                       C     G 
They threw him on a train and sent him back 

 
     Am                F 
"The love you gave me, couldn't save me" 
G 
From his lips to god, he whispered 
 F                  C 
"Don't you count on me 
 F                  C 
"Don't you count on me" 
              G 
I've done you wrong 
                    F 
A mother's son is gone 



Instrumental: Am   F   G      Am   F   G 


Verse 5 
          N.C           C 
In prison he started to praying 
    G                   C 
Was washed at the river bank 
    F 
The sentence handed out 
                                    C 
Left him little doubt that he would hang 


Verse 6 
        G                        C 
And the good people came in from miles 
    G                                C 
The biggest crowd this town had ever seen 
    F 
And when the preacher sang 
                                  C       G 
We saw John Hardy hang, we were redeemed 

 
     Am               F 
"The love I gave you, couldn't save you" 
G 
From the lips of god, who whispered 
 F                  C 
"Don't you count on me 
 F                  C 
"Don't you count on me" 
              G 
I've done you wrong 
                    Am    G   F 
A mother's son is gone 


Outro 
     C 
Come home (come home) 
     G 
Come home (come home) 
     Am                  F 
Poor boy, won't you come home 
     C 
Come home (come home) 
     G 
Come home (come home) 
     Am         G   C   F 
Poor boy, won't you come home