Chords with lyrics
Chorus:
G6G6 C majorC
Rex Marksley
A minorAm D MajorD
Finest marksman in the west
G6G6 C majorC
Rex Marksley
A minorAm D MajorD
When it came to gun slinging he was the best
Verse:
G+G
Rex Marksley at an younger age
C majorC
shot holes in cans without a missin'
A minorAm
sadly they were in the pantry
G+G
so beans painted the whole darn kitchen
G+G
His parents then let him shoot
C majorC
the empty cans out on their fence
A minorAm
but Rex trick shot out all the nails
G+G
so out the fence all their cows went
His father cried!
Chorus:
G6G6 C majorC
Rex Marksley
A minorAm D MajorD
Finest marksman in the west
G6G6 C majorC
Rex Marksley
A minorAm D MajorD
When it came to gun slinging he was the best
Verse:
G+G
Rex Marksley was a tinkerer
C majorC
an engineer extraordinaire
A minorAm
He made quick-reloading gadgets
G+G
so he could fire non-stop with panache and flare
G+G
He became a gun for hire
C majorC
and a hero whereever he roamed
A minorAm
he disarmed forty bandits one time
C majorC
with two gunshots all on his own
chorus:
G6G6 C majorC
Rex Marksley
A minorAm D MajorD
Finest marksman in the west
G6G6 C majorC
Rex Marksley
A minorAm D MajorD
When it came to gun slinging he was the best
Verse:
C majorC G+G E minorEm C majorC
He had heart and a righteous stand
E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
and they tell of his stories across the land
C majorC G+G E minorEm C majorC
He jammed the guns that fired his way
E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
by shooting bullets into their barrels they say
C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm
He shot lightning from his hands with a miraculous invention,
A minorAm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
and zapped that evil demon train back to it's own dimension
C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm
That giant copper ore golem, oh it was a fright,
C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm
till Rex projectiled pick axes with dynamite
C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm
He fought the corrupt Rattlesnake King and it hissed in agony,
C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm
then Rex taught all the jackalopes to yodel in harmony
N.C
Here we go now!
yodeling section:
C, G, D, E minorEm x2
solo section:
G6, C, Am, D MajorD x4
verse:
C majorC G+G E minorEm C majorC
Rex Marksley rode across the West bringing justice to the land
E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
He tamed enormous vultures, reined and flew them with one hand
C majorC G+G E minorEm C majorC
All the women blushed and fainted when Rex winked his eye
E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
and the bad guys always fell to their demise
C majorC G+G E minorEm C majorC
The man was a 🏷Legend and hero through and through
E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
and Rex was a friend to the battered and the bruised
C majorC G+G E minorEm C majorC
He had seen a lot of wonderments in his glory days
E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
and he died an old man alone on the prairie they say
chorus:
G6G6 C majorC
Rex Marksley
A minorAm D MajorD
Finest marksman in the west
G6G6 C majorC
Rex Marksley
A minorAm D MajorD
When it came to gun slinging he was the best
outro:
C majorC
Yeehaw, yeehaw
D MajorD
Bang bang!
G+G
Bang bang!
D MajorD
Yeehaw
G+G