J J Sneed chords by Dolly Parton

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G


Verse 1:
  G                 D*        G
At last I have called up with you and you're a sight to see:
G               D*    G
could this really be my outlaw lover JJ Sneed?
    C               C
Could a woman with a painted face and pretty sweet disguise
G                  D*      G*    F*      G
turn your heart against me with her evil cunning eyes, her evil cunning eyes.

Verse 2:
G               D*      G
JJ, it's been you and me right from the very start,
  G              D*       G
and ever job we ever pulled I'd always done my part.
   C            C
We'd really stick together until the bitter end
    G              D*          G*
and it was my understanding we were whole lots more than friends,
 F*         G
a whole lot more than friends.

Verse 3:
  G                D*          G
And it was me that kept you on when nights were dark and cold,
   G                D*        G
but I guess I didn't look like much in these old ragged clothes.
    C                C
But you said it didn't matter cause you love me that a way,
  G                D*        G*
you said that no one else could ever steal your heart away,
F*        G     N.C.  A     A
steal your heart away.

Verse 4: (Key Change to Db)
  A              E*         A
Do you recall the Union Bank we robbed in Franklin Town,
A             E*         A
as we made our getaway the sheriff gunned you down.
   D                 D
And I doctored up your bullet wounds and nursed you while you sit,
  A              E*        A*
but now you have betrayed me, is that the thanks I get,
  G*        A
is that the thanks I get?

Verse 5:
     A            E*       A
Oh, yeah, JJ, I'm thinking now of how we'd all begun,
  A                     E*       A
of all the times we've robbed and killed with our trust wordy gun.
  D              D
Why we stood off a fuss, it was JJ just you and I,
  A              E*          A*
but now you have betrayed me and for that you're gonna die,
     G*        A
yeah, for that you're gonna die.

Verse 6:
  A             E*          A
The good old days are over as we stand here in the rain,
 A               E*         A
JJ, I'm gonna shoot you now, I hope you'll feel no pain.
    D             D
I hear whoopees of the horses and fieces on my trail,
 A                E*   A*
I guess I'll join you soon but for now JJ farewell,
  G*   A*   G* A*
for now JJ farewell.