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Lawman by Gillian Welch

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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#