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