Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
from the LP Waiting for Bonaparte (1988)
verse 1:
G+G C majorC FF C majorC G+G
I stand as a witness to a jury and judge
C majorC FF G+G
For all my sins I will answer
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
My name you'll know my trade you will see
FF C majorC G+G
I am the Bounty Hunter
verse 2:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
I ask no friendship, I seek no badge
C majorC FF G+G
I always travel alone
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
I take no partners, I lose no friends
FF C majorC G+G
I keep my Christian name unknown
chorus:
FF C majorC
My weapons are guns and cunning and speed
G+G
My prize is the colour of green
FF C majorC
And if my service is easily bought
G+G
My faith has never been
instrumental:
FF C majorC G+G FF C majorC G+G
verse 3:
C majorC FF G+G
Dead or alive I carry them in
C majorC FF G+G
The cowardly and the silent
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
For seeking bounty belonging to you
FF C majorC G+G
The rope delivers a judgement
chorus:
FF C majorC
My weapons are guns and cunning and speed
G+G
My prize is the colour of green
FF C majorC
And if my service is easily bought
G+G
My faith has never been
FF C majorC G+G
Spirit breaking, widow-making Bounty hunter
instrumental:
FF C majorC G+G FF C majorC
bridge:
A minorAm FF
Mine is the chase, the luck of the draw
A minorAm
Yours is the iron hand of the state
FF
Yours is the book, the bell and the rope
C majorC G+G
Mine is a gamblers fate
FF C majorC G+G
Debt-collecting sin-inspecting bounty hunter
FF C majorC G+G
Never failing devil-trailing bounty hunter
instrumental:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC FF C majorC G+G FF C majorC G+G
verse 4:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
I stand as a witness to a jury and judge
C majorC FF G+G
For all my sins I will answer
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
My name you know, my trade you'll see
FF C majorC G+G
I am the Bounty Hunter
chorus:
FF C majorC
My weapons are guns and cunning and speed
G+G
My prize is the colour of green
FF C majorC
And if my service is easily bought
G+G
My faith has never been
FF C majorC G+G
Debt-collecting sin-inspecting bounty hunter
FF C majorC G+G
Never failing devil-trailing bounty hunter
outro:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G