Outlaw Friends chords by Casey Donahew

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
            E                              Am
I left Tucson on a two rail, headed east
                  E
across the planes
               E
On and iron horse choking black coal,
               F#m
number 7 prison train
            E
They had me chained up in a box car they
                   Am              E
took my pistol and my pride.
                     E
They were taking me back to Texas and
                    F#m
planned to hang me for my crimes

Chorus:
   Am
I ain’t never met no shackles that could
     E
ever tie me down
           E
You know it always feels like flying right up
               F#m
till you hit the ground
                                   A         G#m
And I can hear her  Whistlin Dixie so pour
      F#m                 A
the whisky til it’s gone
                E
Cause I’ve known friends and I’ve known
                                   F#m       A    E
outlaws but all my outlaw friends are gone

Verse 2:
        E
And I can taste the smoke and ambers, as
        Am                           E
the engine climbs the pass

And if they walked me to the gallows I
                  F#m
 guess that long walk will be my last
                           E
But there’s a short knife in my boot leg
                Am                 E
and we ain’t made Fort Worth yet
   E
If I get free and kill these guards just add
     F#m         E
that to my regrets

Chorus:
Am
I ain’t never met no shackles that could
     E
ever tie me down
           E
You know it always feels like flying right up
               F#m
till you hit the ground
                                   A        G#m
And I can hear her  Whistlin Dixie so pour
      F#m                 A
the whisky til it’s gone
                E
Cause I’ve known friends and I’ve known
                                   F#m       A   E
outlaws but all my outlaw friends are gone

Bridge:
                    E
I pray for faith and for forgiveness, but I’m
                  E
not sure he hears my call
                   E
Some say deaths the only freedom, did I
    F#m
stumble or did I fall

Chorus:
Am
I ain’t never met no shackles that could
     E
ever tie me down
           E
You know it always feels like flying right up
               F#m
till you hit the ground
                                   A         G#m
And I can hear her  Whistlin Dixie so pour
      F#m                 A
the whisky til it’s gone
                E
Cause I’ve known friends and I’ve known
                                   F#m       A    E
outlaws but all my outlaw friends are gone