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Version 1"Riff" played during the onomatopeia portions: e|-----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------| G|-----------------------|---1---1-----------|-----------------------------| D|--222222--0------------|---2---2-----------|-----------------------------| A|------------2--b--b----|---2-2-2-----------|-0--0-0--0-2-2-2-2-0---------| E|---------------2/-2/-0-|-0-------0---2--4--|--------4------------2-2-0---| [Intro] E Boy-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-buh-doop-a bwa baung buoing A B7 E But boun but boun but boun but boun duh-doo, Doun Dut Doun duh doo-doot doo doo doun [Verse 1] E A Well here I sit high, a-gettin' ideas B7 E Ain't nothin' but a fool'd live like this A Out all night an' runnin' wild B7 N.C. Woman sittin' home with a month old chil' [Chorus] E A Dang me, dang me B7 E They oughtta take a rope an' hang me E A (hold) High from the highest tree N.C. E Woman would you weep for me, beed-eeep eeep buh-doop boiong boing boing E N.C. E One more time, beed-eeep eeep buh-doop boiong boing boing [Verse 2] E A Jus' sittin’ ‘round drinking with the rest of the guys B7 E Six rounds bought and I bought five E A An' I spent the groceries an' half the rent B7 N.C. I lack fourteen dollars havin’ twenty seven cents so [Chorus] E A Dang me, dang me B7 E They ought to take and rope and hang me E A (hold) High from the highest tree N.C. E Woman would you weep for me, beed-eeep eeep buh-doop boiong boing boing E N.C. E One more time, beed-eeep eeep buh-doop boiong boing boing [Verse 3] E A Roses are red and violets are purple B7 E sugar's sweet and so's maple surple E A An I'm the seventh out of seven sons B7 N.C. my pappy was a pistol, I'm a son of a gun. I said [Chorus] E A Dang me, dang me B7 E They ought to take and rope and hang me E A (hold) High from the highest tree N.C. E Woman would you weep for me, beed-eeep eeep buh-doop boiong boing boing [Outro] A B7 E But boun but boun but boun but boun duh-doo, Doun Dut Doun duh doo-doot doo doo doun did, duh diddy-uh dat. dat. dat.