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...