Last Gunfighter Ballad tab by Johnny Cash

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Play Intro Pattern All The Way Through


Intro:
                           F
e|-------------------------1-----1-----------|
B|-------------------------1-----1-----------|
G|-------------------------2-----2-----------|
D|---0------2-------3---3--3-----3-----------|
A|-------------------------3--3--3-----------|
E|-------------------------1-----1-----------|

                       Dm
e|----------------------1------1--------------|
B|----------------------3------3--------------|
G|----------------------2------2--------------|
D|---3------2-----0-----0------0--------------|
A|--------------------------0-----------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

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


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


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


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


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