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Key: G#
Intro:
F# B F# B F#
B F# B F# B F#
Verse 1:
F# C#m B F#
Sylvie gonna bring a little water
D F#
Baby's gonna cry until he's fed
E B F#
And the fire's gonna burn down to nothing
D F#
Poor folk gonna scrap for a piece of bread
Interlude:
B F# B F# B F#
B F#
Verse 2:
F# C#m B F#
And the preacher's gonna preach from the Bible
D F#
Devil's gonna laugh at what he said
E B F#
Gambler gonna lay down his last gold dollar
D F#
Shadow's gonna creep from the farmer's shed
Chrous:
E
And the lawman
B
Lawman
F# E B A
Lawman gonna kill my honey dead
Instrumental Break:
F# B F# D F#
E B F# D F# E
B F# E B F#
B F#
Verse 3:
F# E B F#
Now the ground's gonna freeze when fall is over
D F#
Fever gonna burn in a big brass bed
E B F#
The big iron gonna rust, everything's dust to dust
B D F#
Lawman gonna kill my honey dead
Chorus:
E
Yeah the lawman
B
Lawman
F# E B A
Lawman gonna kill my honey dead
Outro:
F# B F# D F#
E B F# D F# E
B F# E B F# E
B F# B F#
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Published: August 27, 2024
Last Updated: February 4, 2026