Fastest Gun Around chords by Marty Robbins

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In the days of William Bonney
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Better known as Bill the Kid
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A young cowboy named Joey Steele
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Was 'bout to make his bid

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Well, they heard one day
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That Bill the Kid had just rode into town
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And if he could take him
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He would be fastest gun around

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He was just a kid of seventeen
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But he had a lightin' hand
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And he said it's time I showed the world
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That I've become a man

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Everyone thinks Billy is
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The fastest gun around
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But they will know I'm faster
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When they see me shoot him down

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They finally came together
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Down on Main Street just at five
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The people were all gathered
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Wonderin' who'd be left alive

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Billy knew that Joey wanted
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Notches on his gun
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And he wished that he could give him
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Those he'd carved upon his own

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Joey's hand went to his side
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He was sure that he had won
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But before he even fired he saw
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The smoke of Billy's gun

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And he felt the bullet hit him hard
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And before his eyes he saw
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His wasted life pass quickly
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Ending with this fatal draw

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Billy breathed more easily
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And he put away his gun
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And he tried to ease his conscience
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For the wrong that he had done

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Then he saddled up his horse
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And headed westward out of town
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And he wondered just how long he'd be
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The fastest gun around...(hold out for a while following the chords)