Lillies Grow High chords by Sons Of The Pioneers

Chorus:

E         F#m         G#m
Boots and Stetson and six guns

        F#m         E    F#m G#m F#m
And the lilies grow high

     E           F#m        G#m         F#m
They grow for a man with a gunslingin' hand

       E        F#m      G#m F#m E
Who before his time must die.


1/2 verse:

     C           Am           E
They grow in the trail he has traveled

  C          Am             E
A trail well spattered with lead

     C            Am            E
They weep for the graves of the many

    C                 Am      E
Men they weep for the men now dead.


Verse:

E         F#m         G#m
He rides along lonely, no friends

        F#m         E    F#m G#m F#m
But only the lilies growin' high

     E           F#m        G#m         F#m
All men seem to fear him, not one will go near him

       E        F#m      G#m F#m E
And he knows the reason why.

     C           Am           E
His name and fame spread before him

  C          Am             E
Like a carpet of death and he knows

     C            Am            E
One day he'll be slow on the draw

             C        Am      E
And then for him a lily will grow.


Verse:

E         F#m         G#m
A woman may love him though she knows

        F#m         E    F#m G#m F#m
Soon above him the lilies growin' high

     E           F#m        G#m         F#m
Then like the lily she'll bow down her head

       E        F#m      G#m F#m E
Bow down her poor head and cry.

     C           Am           E
On some boothill they will lay him

  C          Am             E
And a headboard will sway in the wind

     C            Am            E
The lily will nod and gently weep

    C                 Am      E
For another gunman's end.


Chorus:

E         F#m         G#m
Boots and Stetson and six guns

        F#m         E    F#m G#m F#m
And the lilies grow high

     E           F#m        G#m         F#m
Boots and Stetson and six guns

       E        F#m      G#m F#m E
And the lilies grow high...