Shotgun Song chords by Gillian Welch

Chords with lyrics

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

Note:
For the B7B7 chords, use 021240 for B7*, the second voicing in the refrain.

Intro:
E minorEm

Verse 1:
E minorEm
Well I wish I had a shotgun
E minorEm
I'd tie it to my side
C majorC
Never be without the power
  G+G
To make a man do right
C majorC
Steady on my shoulders
G+G
Standing in the wind
B7B7
Well I've been down before
   B7*      E minorEm
But I won't be down again

Verse 2:
E minorEm
And if I had a pony
E minorEm
How fast I would ride
C majorC
Yippie-tiy-iy-ay
     G+G
With the shotgun at my side
C majorC
An outlaw to my foes
 G+G
A augmentedA hero to my friends
B7B7
I've been down before
   B7*      E minorEm
But I won't be down again

Verse 3:
E minorEm
Well the days would be so easy
E minorEm
The nights would be so slow
C majorC
I'd turn my pony south, boys
  G+G
And ride to Mexico
  C majorC
My pockets full of silver
  G+G
To gamble or to lay
B7B7
Cause I've been down before
   B7*      E minorEm
But I won't be down again

Verse 4:
E minorEm
But I ain't got no silver
E minorEm
No pony, no gun
C majorC
All I got's this hammer
   G+G
Like old John Henry swung
C majorC
Been ten years on this chain gang
G+G
One more day, and then
B7B7
I've been down before
   B7*      E minorEm
But I won't be down again

Verse 5:
C majorC
Now standing on this rock pile
  G+G
Of four and twenty men
B7B7
Well I've been down before
   B7*      E minorEm
But I won't be down again
B7B7
I've been down before
   B7*      E minorEm
But I won't be down again