The Hanging Tree Chords
The Hanging Tree by Suzanne Collins is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, Am and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1:
Dm
Are you, are you
Am
Coming to the tree
Dm Am Dm
Where they strung up a man they say murdered three
Dm
Strange things did happen here
Am
No stranger would it be
C Am Dm
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.
verse 2:
Dm
Are you, are you
Am
Coming to the tree
Dm Am Dm
Where the dead man called out for his love to flee
Dm
Strange things did happen here
Am
No stranger would it be
C Am Dm
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree
verse 3:
Dm
Are you, are you
Am
Coming to the tree
Dm Am Dm
Where I told you to run so we'd both be free
Dm
Strange things did happen here
Am
No stranger would it be
C Am Dm
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree
verse 4:
Dm
Are you, are you
Am
Coming to the tree
Dm
Wear a necklace of rope side by side with me
Dm
Strange things did happen here
Am
No stranger would it be
C Am Dm
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree