Lawman Chords by Gillian Welch

Lawman chords by Gillian Welch

Guitar chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Beginner

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

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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#

Gillian Welch chords for Lawman

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