Chords with lyrics
Key: G+G
Verse 1:
G+G
The cowboy was drunk and braggin'
G7G7
He told her he had a wagon
C majorC
A augmentedA wagon filled up with gold that he'd stolen
D7D7
And covered all over with hay
C majorC G+G
She cried when she learned what he'd done that day
D7D7 C majorC G+G
The girl who loved the man who robbed the bank
D7D7 G+G
At Santa Fe and got away
Verse 2:
G+G
Please take it all back she pleaded
G7G7
Said his love was all she needed
C majorC
But he said I only did it for you
D7D7
So don't you look at me that way
C majorC G+G
Because she loved him so she said okay
D7D7 C majorC G+G
The girl who loved the man who robbed the bank
D7D7 G+G
At Santa Fe and got away
Bridge:
D7D7 C majorC E minorEm
But that night while she lay in the arms of her man
D7D7 C majorC B7B7
He talked in his sleep and she discovered his plan
C majorC D7D7
He talked in his sleep and gave himself away
C majorC B7B7
When he talked of another girl waiting in San Jose
Verse 3:
G+G
With the same loving hands that thrilled him
G7G7
She picked up his gun and killed him
C majorC
She killed him and threw his gold dust all over his body
D7D7
Right there where it lay
C majorC G+G
She was the only mourner there to pray
D7D7 C majorC G+G
The girl who shot the man who robbed the bank
D7D7 G+G
At Santa Fe and got away