[Intro]


[Verse 1]

I came to town

 to search for

 gold
              
And I brought 

          
with me a memo

ry
           
And I seemed t

           
o hear the nig

ht wind cry
            
Go hang your d

             
reams on the h


anging tree
            
Your dreams of

              
 love that cou

   
ld never be
            
Hang your fade

              
d dreams on th

  
e hanging tree
     
(the hanging t

ree)

[Verse 2]

I searched for

 gold, and I f

ound my gold
              
And I found a 

         
girl who loved

 just me
            
and I wished t

            
hat I could lo


ve her, too
             
But I’d left m

              
y heart on the

 
 hanging tree
             
I left my hear

         
t with a memor

y
             
And a faded dr

           
eam on the han

ging tree
     
(the hanging t

ree)

[Verse 3]

Now there were

 men who crave

d my gold
              
And meant to t

       
ake my gold fr

om me
            
When a man is 

         
gone, he needs

 no gold
            
So, they carri

             
ed me to the h


anging tree
            
To join my dre

          
ams and a memo

ry
            
Yes, they carr

              
ied me to the 


hanging tree
     
(the hanging t

ree)

[Verse 4]

To really live

 you must almo

st die
              
And it happene

            
d just that wa

y with me
           
They took the 

         
gold and set m

e free
             
And I walked a

             
way from the h

anging tree
             
I walked away 

         
from the hangi

ng tree
             
And my own tru

            
e love, she wa

lked with me

[Chorus]
             
That's when I 

              
knew that the 


hanging tree
           
Was a tree of 

         
life, new life

 for me
             
A tree of hope

      
, new hope for

 me
             
A tree of love

      
, new love for

 me

The hanging tree
    
The hanging tr

ee
    
The hanging tr

ee