Been All Around This World --- Trad.
[G]Hang
me, oh hang me, so I'll be dead and gone
[D]Or put a needle in my arm, I’ll [C]still
be dead and [G]gone
I [C]really don’t mind dyin’, it’s
just [G]waitin’ in a cell so long
Oh, Lord, I've been all a-[D]round this [G]world
[G]Lived
a while in Reno, ‘n parts of Californ’
All a-[D]round old Reno, ‘n [C]parts
of Cali-[G]forn’
I [C]got so goddam hungry, that I [G]wished
I ain’t been born
Poor boy, I've been all a-[D]round this [G]world
I [G]went
up to the barroom, the boys were shootin’ dice
I [D]went up to the barroom, where the [C]boys
were shootin’ [G]dice
They [C]took all of my money an’ I [G]begged
them for my life
God knows, I've been all a-[D]round this
[G]world
[G]Lulu, oh my Lulu, come and open up the
door
Lulu, oh my [D]Lulu, come and [C]open
up the [G]door
Be-[C]fore I have to walk on in with [G]my
old forty-four
Lord knows, I've been all a-[D]round this
[G]world
She [G]took
me to her parlor and cooled me with her fan
She [D]took me to her parlor and [C]cooled
me with her [G]fan
She [C]whispered low and gentle: “Just a
[G]luckless travelling man.”
Lord knows, I've been all a[D]round this
[G]world
[G]Went
up on the mountain, there I took my stand
[D]Went up on the mountain, [C]there
I took my [G]stand
With a [C]rifle on my shoulder, and a[G]pistol
in my hand
Lord, Lord, I've been all a-[D]round this
[G]world
The [G]cops
they came and busted me; they took me down to jail
The [D]cops they came and busted me; they
[C]locked me in that [G]jail
They [C]said to me, old fellow, you [G]ain’t
allowed no bail
God knows, I've been all a-[D]round this
[G]world
They [G]took me to the court house ‘n
there I had a crowd
They [D]took me to the court house, boys,
and [C]there I had a [G]crowd
The [C]sentence was to hang me; no [G]mercy
was allowed
God knows, I've been all a-[D]round this
[G]world
[G]M’ mama and m’ papa, ‘n little sis
makes three
[D]Mama and papa, ‘n [C]little
sis makes [G]three
They're [C]coming in the morning, that's
the [G]last they'll see of me
Lord, lord, I've been all a-[D]round this
[G]world
[G]Hang me, oh hang me, so I'll be dead
and gone
[D]Or put a needle in my arm, I’ll [C]still
be dead and [G]gone
I really don’t [C]mind dyin’, it’s
just [G]waitin’ in a cell so long
Oh, Lord, I've been all a-[D]round this [G]world
I [G]hope
that you will sing this song when I am dead and gone
I [D]hope that you will sing this song
when [C]I am dead and [G]gone
And [C]think about old Bobby, boys; it
was [G]sung 'fore he was gone
God knows, he went all a-[D]round this [G]world