Bounty Hunter chords by The Men They Couldnt Hang

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

from the LP Waiting for Bonaparte (1988)


verse 1:
G C          F            C        G
I stand as a witness to a jury and judge
C          F           G
For all my sins I will answer
   C           F       C              G
My name you'll know my trade you will see
F        C      G
I am the Bounty Hunter

verse 2:
  C      F             C       G
I ask no friendship, I seek no badge
C        F        G
I always travel alone
  C       F           C       G
I take no partners, I lose no friends
F         C              G
I keep my Christian name unknown

chorus:
               F                    C
My weapons are guns and cunning and speed
   G
My prize is the colour of green
          F                 C
And if my service is easily bought
             G
My faith has never been


instrumental:
F  C  G  F  C  G

verse 3:
     C  F                  G
Dead or alive I carry them in
C            F       G
The cowardly and the silent
    C       F      C            G
For seeking bounty belonging to you
F        C          G
The rope delivers a judgement

chorus:
               F                    C
My weapons are guns and cunning and speed
   G
My prize is the colour of green
          F                 C
And if my service is easily bought
             G
My faith has never been
       F               C             G
Spirit breaking, widow-making Bounty hunter


instrumental:
F  C  G  F  C

bridge:
Am                     F
Mine is the chase, the luck of the draw
                              Am
Yours is the iron hand of the state
                                    F
Yours is the book, the bell and the rope
          C        G
Mine is a gamblers fate
     F              C                 G
Debt-collecting sin-inspecting bounty hunter
      F             C               G
Never failing devil-trailing bounty hunter


instrumental:
C  F  C  G      C  F  C  G      C  F  C  G      F  C  G

verse 4:
  C          F            C        G
I stand as a witness to a jury and judge
C          F           G
For all my sins I will answer
   C        F        C            G
My name you know, my trade you'll see
F        C      G
I am the Bounty Hunter

chorus:
               F                    C
My weapons are guns and cunning and speed
   G
My prize is the colour of green
          F                 C
And if my service is easily bought
             G
My faith has never been
     F              C                 G
Debt-collecting sin-inspecting bounty hunter
      F             C               G
Never failing devil-trailing bounty hunter

outro:
C  F  C  G