Hair Trigger Heart chords by Tom Russell

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB E MajorE

Verse:
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Cowboys we are
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Cowboys we shall always be
BB
Don’t let it end like this, boys
E MajorE              BB  E MajorE
Tell ‘em I sense something?

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     BB              E MajorE
They say trouble rides a fast horse
      BB           E MajorE
They say forgiveness rides a mule
  BB
Oh yeah, they say a lot of things
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That’s why I lived by my own rules

Verse:
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You know a man is seen in fragments
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A augmentedA scar, a limp, tattoos and broken teeth
      BB
Scratch the surface on most men out here
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And you’ll find two men hiding underneath

Verse:
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But I come not here to lecture you
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Of good and evil, black or white, right or wrong
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I’ve come to sing my story
    E MajorE                 BB      E MajorE
I'm the Black Jack, baby, of all those old gipsy songs

Verse:
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A augmentedA loose canon, they have called me
 E MajorE              BB   E MajorE
A augmentedA half-cocked cowboy, falling apart
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With my war-bag full of cheap tricks
E MajorE       BB       F#F#
Dead certain, mister, of my hair trigger heart

Chorus:
     BB    F#F#      E MajorE   BB
Oh baby, I got a hair trigger heart
    F#F#      E MajorE
I got a hair trigger heart

Verse:
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I've known love from every angle
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I never learned the art of the graceful getaway
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Yeah, the poetry eludes me, sir
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I don’t give a damn what all the minor poets say

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"I’m not an alcoholic, I’m a drunk, there’s a difference
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Set 'em up, kid, and make it smart"
      BB
I come from horse traders and half breeds
   E MajorE    BB      F#F#
And a savage long line of hair trigger hearts, yeah

Chorus:
     BB    F#F#      E MajorE   BB
Oh baby, I got a hair trigger heart
    F#F#      E MajorE   BB
I got a hair trigger heart
    F#F#      E MajorE
I got a hair trigger heart

Bridge:
G# minorG#m             D#mD#m
All the old gunfighters are leaving town
G# minorG#m      C#C#       F#F#
Pistol packing mama, lay that pistol down
  E MajorE
I’m still around
        BB
Lord, I've got one more round
      F#F#
And I sure hit the mark
       E MajorE
With my hair trigger heart, yeah

Instrumental:
BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB E MajorE

Verse:
    BB               E MajorE
At the far end of eternity, you will find me
            BB          E MajorE
At a pub they call The Sword 'n' Highwayman
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I'll have a wax museum moustache
     E MajorE              BB       E MajorE
Might be missing several fingers on my trigger hand

Verse:
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I’ll have forgotten half the alphabet
  E MajorE            BB       E MajorE
My name, my age, my Chinese laundry mark
    BB
Between instinct and oblivion, mister
E MajorE       BB        F#F#
I will always hang on to this hair trigger heart

Chorus:
     BB    F#F#      E MajorE   BB
Oh baby, I got a hair trigger heart
    F#F#      E MajorE   BB
I got a hair trigger heart
    F#F#      E MajorE   BB
I got a hair trigger heart
    F#F#      E MajorE
I got a hair trigger heart

Outro:
BB
Cowboys we are
E MajorE            BB  E MajorE BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB
Cowboys we shall always be