Chords for Bowie Knife
Tempo:
136.55 bpm
Chords used:
C#m
D#
F#m
G#
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I got off the riverboat [F#m] in New Orleans in the [C#m] spring of 82.
[Gm] I walked into a [A] gambling house [G#] as gamblers [C#m] often do.
I had [F#m] myself a drink [C#m] and I joined in a poker game.
[D#] The dealer was a woman [G#] so I asked her for [C#m] her name.
[D#] [C#m]
[F#] [C#m] She smiled at me [F#m] so pretty [C#m] but a hush fell over the place
as [D#] a big man crossed the table, [Fm] stood up and slapped [C#m] my face.
[C#] Bowie knife, bowie knife, [G#] long, [C#m] glittery and steel.
[F#m] If my gun don't take [C#m] your evil life, you [G] can bet my bowie [A#] knife will.
[C#m]
I had my [F#m] choice of weapons [C#m] on which would depend my life.
[D#] I chose to set up pistols [G] and a long old [C#m] bowie knife.
[D#] [C#m]
[F#] [C#m] I met him by the river by the light of the rising sun.
[D#] Was I prepared to fight him?
[G#] I feared my time had come.
[C#m]
[F#] Bowie knife, [C#m] bowie knife, [G#] long, [C#m] glittery and steel.
If [F#m] my gun don't take [C#m] your evil life, you [G#] can bet my bowie [C#m] knife will.
As we stood [F#m] back to back there [C#m] on the dewling green,
I [D#] cursed the fate that had brought me to [G#] the town of New Orleans.
[F#] [C#m]
[F#] The [F#m] referee started counting [C#m] the paces one by one.
[D#] When I heard him say 20, I turned [C#m] and fired my gun.
[D#] [C#m]
[F#] [C#m] I knew at [F#m] once I'd miss and [C#m] I waited there in fear as [D#] the stranger aimed and fired.
[G#] But the ball went [C#m] by my [D#] ear.
[C#m]
[A] [Dm] He threw away [Gm] his pistol [Dm] and drew his bowie knife.
[E] I knew that razor edge [A] would soon snuff [D] out my [E] life.
[Dm]
[G] But somehow [Gm] luck was with me [Dm] and my weapon found his [E] side.
He lay there on the dewling ground [G#] and he cursed me as [Dm] he died.
[D]
[Dm] [G] Bowie knife, bowie knife, [Em] long, [Dm] glittery and steel.
If my [Gm] gun don't take your evil life, [A] you can bet my bowie [Dm] knife will.
You [D] can bet my bowie knife [Dm] will.
You can bet [G#m] my bowie [D] knife will.
[Gm] I walked into a [A] gambling house [G#] as gamblers [C#m] often do.
I had [F#m] myself a drink [C#m] and I joined in a poker game.
[D#] The dealer was a woman [G#] so I asked her for [C#m] her name.
[D#] [C#m]
[F#] [C#m] She smiled at me [F#m] so pretty [C#m] but a hush fell over the place
as [D#] a big man crossed the table, [Fm] stood up and slapped [C#m] my face.
[C#] Bowie knife, bowie knife, [G#] long, [C#m] glittery and steel.
[F#m] If my gun don't take [C#m] your evil life, you [G] can bet my bowie [A#] knife will.
[C#m]
I had my [F#m] choice of weapons [C#m] on which would depend my life.
[D#] I chose to set up pistols [G] and a long old [C#m] bowie knife.
[D#] [C#m]
[F#] [C#m] I met him by the river by the light of the rising sun.
[D#] Was I prepared to fight him?
[G#] I feared my time had come.
[C#m]
[F#] Bowie knife, [C#m] bowie knife, [G#] long, [C#m] glittery and steel.
If [F#m] my gun don't take [C#m] your evil life, you [G#] can bet my bowie [C#m] knife will.
As we stood [F#m] back to back there [C#m] on the dewling green,
I [D#] cursed the fate that had brought me to [G#] the town of New Orleans.
[F#] [C#m]
[F#] The [F#m] referee started counting [C#m] the paces one by one.
[D#] When I heard him say 20, I turned [C#m] and fired my gun.
[D#] [C#m]
[F#] [C#m] I knew at [F#m] once I'd miss and [C#m] I waited there in fear as [D#] the stranger aimed and fired.
[G#] But the ball went [C#m] by my [D#] ear.
[C#m]
[A] [Dm] He threw away [Gm] his pistol [Dm] and drew his bowie knife.
[E] I knew that razor edge [A] would soon snuff [D] out my [E] life.
[Dm]
[G] But somehow [Gm] luck was with me [Dm] and my weapon found his [E] side.
He lay there on the dewling ground [G#] and he cursed me as [Dm] he died.
[D]
[Dm] [G] Bowie knife, bowie knife, [Em] long, [Dm] glittery and steel.
If my [Gm] gun don't take your evil life, [A] you can bet my bowie [Dm] knife will.
You [D] can bet my bowie knife [Dm] will.
You can bet [G#m] my bowie [D] knife will.
Key:
C#m
D#
F#m
G#
Dm
C#m
D#
F#m
I got off the riverboat [F#m] in New Orleans in the [C#m] spring of 82. _ _ _
[Gm] I walked into a [A] gambling house _ [G#] as gamblers [C#m] often do. _ _ _ _
_ I had [F#m] myself a drink [C#m] and I joined in a poker game.
[D#] The dealer was a woman _ [G#] so I asked her for [C#m] her name.
[D#] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[F#] _ [C#m] She smiled at me [F#m] so pretty [C#m] but a hush fell over the place
as [D#] a big man crossed the table, _ [Fm] stood up and slapped [C#m] my _ _ face. _
_ _ [C#] _ Bowie knife, _ bowie knife, [G#] long, [C#m] _ glittery and steel.
[F#m] If my gun don't take [C#m] your evil life, you [G] can bet my bowie [A#] knife will.
_ _ [C#m] _ _
_ I had my [F#m] choice of weapons [C#m] on which would depend my life.
[D#] I chose to set up _ pistols [G] and a long old [C#m] bowie knife.
[D#] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[F#] _ [C#m] I met him by the river by the light of the rising sun.
[D#] Was I prepared to fight him?
_ [G#] I feared my time had come.
_ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ Bowie knife, [C#m] _ bowie knife, [G#] long, _ [C#m] glittery and steel.
If [F#m] my gun don't take [C#m] your evil life, you [G#] can bet my bowie [C#m] knife will. _ _ _ _
_ As we stood [F#m] back to back there [C#m] on the dewling green,
I [D#] cursed the fate that had brought me to [G#] the town of New Orleans.
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[F#] _ The [F#m] referee started counting [C#m] the paces one by one.
[D#] When I heard him say 20, _ I turned [C#m] and fired my gun.
[D#] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[F#] _ [C#m] I knew at [F#m] once I'd miss and [C#m] I waited there in fear as [D#] the stranger aimed and fired.
_ [G#] But the ball went [C#m] by my [D#] ear.
_ [C#m] _ _
[A] _ [Dm] He threw away [Gm] his pistol [Dm] and drew his bowie knife.
[E] I knew that razor _ edge [A] would soon snuff [D] out my [E] life.
_ [Dm] _ _
[G] _ But somehow [Gm] luck was with me [Dm] and my weapon found his [E] side.
He lay there on the dewling ground [G#] and he cursed me as [Dm] he died.
[D] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ Bowie knife, _ _ bowie knife, [Em] long, _ [Dm] glittery and steel. _
If my [Gm] gun don't take your evil life, [A] you can bet my bowie [Dm] knife will.
You [D] can bet my bowie knife [Dm] will.
You can bet [G#m] my _ bowie [D] knife will.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] I walked into a [A] gambling house _ [G#] as gamblers [C#m] often do. _ _ _ _
_ I had [F#m] myself a drink [C#m] and I joined in a poker game.
[D#] The dealer was a woman _ [G#] so I asked her for [C#m] her name.
[D#] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[F#] _ [C#m] She smiled at me [F#m] so pretty [C#m] but a hush fell over the place
as [D#] a big man crossed the table, _ [Fm] stood up and slapped [C#m] my _ _ face. _
_ _ [C#] _ Bowie knife, _ bowie knife, [G#] long, [C#m] _ glittery and steel.
[F#m] If my gun don't take [C#m] your evil life, you [G] can bet my bowie [A#] knife will.
_ _ [C#m] _ _
_ I had my [F#m] choice of weapons [C#m] on which would depend my life.
[D#] I chose to set up _ pistols [G] and a long old [C#m] bowie knife.
[D#] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[F#] _ [C#m] I met him by the river by the light of the rising sun.
[D#] Was I prepared to fight him?
_ [G#] I feared my time had come.
_ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ Bowie knife, [C#m] _ bowie knife, [G#] long, _ [C#m] glittery and steel.
If [F#m] my gun don't take [C#m] your evil life, you [G#] can bet my bowie [C#m] knife will. _ _ _ _
_ As we stood [F#m] back to back there [C#m] on the dewling green,
I [D#] cursed the fate that had brought me to [G#] the town of New Orleans.
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[F#] _ The [F#m] referee started counting [C#m] the paces one by one.
[D#] When I heard him say 20, _ I turned [C#m] and fired my gun.
[D#] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[F#] _ [C#m] I knew at [F#m] once I'd miss and [C#m] I waited there in fear as [D#] the stranger aimed and fired.
_ [G#] But the ball went [C#m] by my [D#] ear.
_ [C#m] _ _
[A] _ [Dm] He threw away [Gm] his pistol [Dm] and drew his bowie knife.
[E] I knew that razor _ edge [A] would soon snuff [D] out my [E] life.
_ [Dm] _ _
[G] _ But somehow [Gm] luck was with me [Dm] and my weapon found his [E] side.
He lay there on the dewling ground [G#] and he cursed me as [Dm] he died.
[D] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ Bowie knife, _ _ bowie knife, [Em] long, _ [Dm] glittery and steel. _
If my [Gm] gun don't take your evil life, [A] you can bet my bowie [Dm] knife will.
You [D] can bet my bowie knife [Dm] will.
You can bet [G#m] my _ bowie [D] knife will.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _