Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: B minorBm
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
A minorAm C majorC G+G D MajorD
A minorAm C majorC G+G D MajorD
Verse 1:
A minorAm C majorC
I didn't wanna shoot that man but he heard that I was fast
G+G D MajorD
You know that liquor gave him the courage to put a man to the ground
A minorAm C majorC
But nobody saw, I couldn't claim no self defense
G+G D MajorD
So I took off with the morning sun, running from my sins
A minorAm C majorC
I ended up in every town where all the bad men go
G+G D MajorD
And they've been running just like me, someone always knows
A minorAm C majorC
He'll say, "Ain't you the man who shot that boy " and want his turn to dance
G+G D MajorD
So here I die in some street that night, no never had a chance
D MajorD
Chorus 1:
A minorAm G+G
Never meant to be a bad man, I just had a fast hand
D MajorD C majorC G+G
Ain't going to be nothing in hell I haven't lived through here
A minorAm G+G
I'm just going to walk out and wish you all goodnight
D MajorD C majorC G+G
I never meant to be a bad man,
A minorAm
I just had a fast hand
A minorAm
Verse 2:
A minorAm C majorC
I ended up in Forth Worth 'cause no one knows me here
G+G D MajorD
And time has a funny way of taken away the years
A minorAm C majorC
I don't mind the changes or the age that's in my face
G+G
Because there is a piece of my soul
G+G D MajorD
In every man I've killed in every God forsaken place
Chorus 2:
A minorAm G+G
Never meant to be a bad man, I just had a fast hand
D MajorD C majorC G+G
Ain't going to be nothing in hell I haven't lived through here
A minorAm G+G
I'm just going to walk out, yeah tonight I'll save your life
D MajorD C majorC G+G
I never meant to be a bad man,
A minorAm
I just had a fast hand
A minorAm
Solo:
A minorAm C majorC G+G D MajorD
A minorAm C majorC G+G D MajorD
A minorAm
Outro:
A minorAm C majorC
I didn't want to shoot that man but he heard that I was fast...