Last Gunfighter Ballad tab by Johnny Cash

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Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Play Intro Pattern All The Way Through


Intro:
              FF
e|-------------------------1-----1-----------|
BB|-------------------------1-----1-----------|
G+G|-------------------------2-----2-----------|
D MajorD|---0------2-------3---3--3-----3-----------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------3--3--3-----------|
E MajorE|-------------------------1-----1-----------|

            DmDm
e|----------------------1------1--------------|
BB|----------------------3------3--------------|
G+G|----------------------2------2--------------|
D MajorD|---3------2-----0-----0------0--------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------0-----------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------|

DmDm
The old gunfighter stood on the porch
C majorC
and stared into the sun
Bb majorBb
And relived all the old days
FF
back when he was livin' by the gun
DmDm
When deadly games of pride were played
C majorC
and livin' was mistakes not made


Chorus
Bb majorBb                 C majorC
And the thought of the smell of the black powder smoke
C majorC                 FF
And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke
Bb majorBb               C majorC
The thought of the smell of the black powder smoke
C majorC                 FF
And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke


Verse
DmDm
And it's always keep your back to the sun
C majorC
And you can almost feel the weight of that gun
Bb majorBb
It's faster than snakes or a blink of the eye
FF
And it's a time for all slow men to die
DmDm
His eyes get squinty and he's straight as a log
C majorC
and he empties his gun at the dirty dog


Chorus
Bb majorBb                C majorC
And he's hit by the smell of the black powder smoke
C majorC                 FF
And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke
Bb majorBb           C majorC
Hit by the smell of the black powder smoke
C majorC                 FF
And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke


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