Hiram Hubbard (traditional)
As performed by BOB DYLAN 7/2/62 at the Finjan Club.
Figured out by IAN (
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TUNING=(lowtohigh)DADGBE
CAPO@2nd Fret
CHORDS:
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In between verses during the D chord play this little thing (b=bend)
E----------
B----------
G----------
D--------0-
A---3b-----
E----------
Intro:
Chorus
Hiram Hubbard wasnât guilty, I heard great many
say
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Hiram Hubbard wasnât guilty, lord I heard a great many
say
He was not in this county, he was forty miles away
VERSES
1. Oh they took him, cross the mountains and they wooped him on the hill
Oh they took him, across the mountains and they wooped him on the hill
It was there that he pleaded oh please let me make my will
CHORUS:
2. They took him down to Danville and they throwed him in jail
Oh they took him down to Danville and they throwed him in jail
And it was then nobody saw him, nobody could go his way
CHORUS:
3.They took him out at midnight and they strapped him to a tree
Oh they took him out at midnight and they strapped him to a tree
It was there that they killed him, with a rifleâs bullits three
CHORUSx2
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