Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 3rd
- Difficulty: Beginner
Key: C majorC
🎸 Intro:
C/GC/G
🎸 Hook:
C/GC/G FF C/GC/G
And when I do die, would you carry my bones down to the valley before you?
C/GC/G FF
Lay me to rest with two guns on my chest
C/GC/G FF C/GC/G
And say, "boy, your fight is over"
🎸 Chorus:
FF C/GC/G G+G Am7Am7
And sleep now, my bonny boy
FF C/GC/G FF
You've nothing left to fear
FF C/GC/G G+G Am7Am7
You've had a good fight, but now you've learned how to die
C/GC/G G+G C majorC
So where do we go from here?
🎸 Verse 1:
C/GC/G FF
And I met this girl, her name was Clarice
C/GC/G
She was all that my heart did desire
C/GC/G FF
But she'd given her hand to some other man
C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G FF C/GC/G
Ooh, it was me who should've been there at the altar
🎸 Chorus:
FF C/GC/G G+G Am7Am7
She says, "lie down with me, my bonny boy
FF C/GC/G FF
You've nothing left to fear
FF C/GC/G G+G Am7Am7
Though I love you 'til I die, this is goodbye
C/GC/G G+G C majorC
So where do we go from here?
🎸 Verse 2:
C/GC/G FF
So I called him out onto the street
C/GC/G
And we put forty paces between us
C/GC/G FF
And I turned on a dime, and my six-shooter cried
C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G FF C/GC/G
And when the dust cleared, it was him that was bleedin'
🎸 Chorus:
FF C/GC/G G+G Am7Am7
I said, "sleep now, my bonny boy
FF C/GC/G FF
You've nothing left to fear
FF C/GC/G G+G Am7Am7
You've had a good fight, but now I'll teach you to die
C/GC/G G+G C majorC
So where do we go from here?
🎸 Verse 3:
C/GC/G FF
So I ran from that town, me and my fair maid
C/GC/G
For the sheriff said I'd be hangin' by morning
C/GC/G FF
But I slipped from his grasp, yeah, he hasn't caught me yet
C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G FF C/GC/G
Though I've a feelin' that my time is comin'
🎸 Chorus:
FF C/GC/G G+G Am7Am7
They said, "put up your hands, my bonny boy
FF C/GC/G FF
You've nothing left to fear
FF C/GC/G G+G Am7Am7
You've had a good fight, but I'll be hangin' you tonight
C/GC/G G+G C majorC
So where do we go from here?
🎸 Outro:
C/GC/G FF C/GC/G
And when I do die, would you carry my bones down to the valley before you?
C/GC/G FF
Lay me to rest with two guns on my chest
C/GC/G FF C/GC/G
And say, "boy, your fight is over"