Hangknot, Slipknot Words and music by Woody Guthrie as performed by Bob Dylan at the Indian Neck Festival 5/6/61 Riff1 - descending pentatonic G riff G D-2p0-------- A-----2p0---- E---------3-- Riff2 - standard C rhythm fill C D------0h2---------0h2---- A-3-----------3----------- etc. E------------------------- "This is Woody Guthrie slipknot..." "There's about 5 or 6 hangknot songs...." "This is the best one... Slipknot" G Riff1 Did you ever see a hangman tie a slipknot D Did you ever see a hangman tie a slipknot G Riff1 Yes I've seen it many times C Riff2 and he winds and he winds G D G Riff1 About 13 times to fill a slipknot Tell me will that slipknot slip, no it will not Tell me will that slipknot slip, no it will not It'll slip around your neck, but it won't slip back again [forget's lyrics] Slipknot, lawd, lawd slipknot Tell me did you lose your father on that slipknot Tell me did you lose your father on that slipknot Yes my father was a slave, but he tried to escape And they took him to his grave on that slipknot Tell me did you lose your brother on that slipknot Tell me did you lose your brother on that slipknot Yes, they hung him on a pole, and they shot him full of holes And they left him there to rot on that slipknot Tell me who makes those laws for the slipknot Tell me who makes the laws for the slipknot Tell me who says who is going to carry ropes To get that hangman's noose for the slipknot I don't know who makes the laws for that slipknot I don't know who makes the laws for that slipknot But the bones of many slaves have been whistling in the wind Because they tried their laws with the slipknot