Chords for A Cowboy's Last Ride

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He was born to a West [Bm] Texas [G]
guy
_ [D] Mama [Bm] worked the [G] mill and daddy worked the [D] mine
_ _ [A] _ [E] Daddy was a good [Bm] man [G] but he liked that corn liquor
_ [Bm] [G] One [E] night he met a [F] man whose straw was quicker
[A] The sun rose on [Bm] a fresh grave, [C] he stood there by his mother
[G] A shovel in one hand and [D] a gun in the other
The [A] killer wore a silver [Bm] star, the [C] boy found him at the [G] bar
And dropped the hammer on [E]
daddy's [F] revolver
_ _ _ [A] [E] He fled the law from [G] El Paso to Waco
_ They ran him south all [D] the way [A] to Laredo
He cut a trail to the border [G] on a _ Palomino Quarter
_ Most [E] of the law [F] never made it to the Rio _
[E] He [Am] wasn't born [E] a gun [Am] fighting man
_ He just [B] played [E] cards in his [Am] hand _ _ _
Many men have [Ab] tried and [Am] many men [D] have died
Trying [Fm] to kill the man responsible [E] for many a cowboy's last ride _
_ [Em] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ She was born a school [C] teacher's daughter _
_ [G] She'd been raised right and washed [D] by [Dm] the water
_ She [Am] found him hiding in her [B] backyard, [C] leaning on the well
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A bullet in [E] his leg and [F] a posse on [Ab] the hill
_ [Am] She hid him in [Bm] the [C] house when they came around
[G] _ She nursed him to health [Dm] and he was never found
[Am] They wed in the [Bm] spring [C] but the word was in the wind
[G] There were holes in his [E] story, _ [F]
tales of past [B] sins
[Am] Seven months he left his [C] gun hanging on the [G] hearth
One night he [G] went for wood, [Dm] they were waiting in the dark
[Am] When the shots rang out she [B] dropped [C] the kettle to the floor
[G] Saw his gun on [E] the mantel [F] and knew he needed no more _ _
_ She [Am] fell in love [E]
with a [Am] wanted man
She [B] stole his heart and [Am] his gun hang _ _
_ Many [Ab] men have tried [Em] and many men [Am] have died
[Fm] But she was the reason [E] for a [D] cowboy's last ride
[E] She [Am] wasn't born a gun fighting _ man
He [B] just played [E] the cards in [Am] his hand _ _ _
Many men have tried [C] and many [Gb] men have died
[Fm] Trying to kill the man responsible [E] _ for many a cowboy's [Am] last ride
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_ _ _ Sun rose on a fresh [G] grave, she stood there by his mother
[Bm] A [G] shovel in one hand and [A] a baby in the other
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