Shotgun Song chords by Gillian Welch

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

Intro:
Em

Verse 1:
Em
Well I wish I had a shotgun
Em
I'd tie it to my side
C
Never be without the power
   G
To make a man do right
C

Steady on my shoulders
G
Standing in the wind
B7
Well I've been down before
      B7*            Em
But I won't be down again

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

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

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

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