Chords for Marty Robbins Pride And The Badge

[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
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_ _ All night long I tried to sleep, but [G] sleep _ [D] refused to come
_ _ _ Cause the day I knew I'd [G] either have to fight [D] or run
_ _ [G] _ Knowing if [A] I choose to run, my [G] mind would never [D] rest
_ _ Cause with so much pride I wear [G] this badge upon [D] my _ face _ _
_ _ Folks are filled with fear because [G] there's three bad guns in [D]
town
_ _ Sheriff Olsen made the wrong [G] move and they shot [D] him down
_ _ [G] One they [A] called a call to Jack, _ [G] one El [D] Paso Red
The other just turned twenty and [G] he's called a killer [D] _ kid _ _ _ _ _
_ Good advice I get and [G] that's to leave and run [D] away _
_ But my pride and badge I [G] wear won't let me live [D] that way _
_ [G] If I stay, [A] the three have aimed [G] to add me to [D] their list
_ _ But I have a different aim [G] and I don't aim [D] to _ miss
From _ _ _ the doorway where I stand [G] I see the [D] outlaws three _ _ _ _
Worrying none because they know [G] the town's not held
[D] _ _ _ _ [G]
From a hundred [A] yards away [G] I try a lucky [D] shot _ _
Luck is with me and Dakota [G]
Jack dies on [D] the spot
The _ _ _ kid runs through the ballroom door [G] and Red goes up [D] the stairs
The kid is raging mad, he's shooting [G] _ bottles, kit [D] and chairs
_ [G] From a roof [A] El Paso Red [G] has vowed to pay [D] me back
_ _ As he views the lifeless body [G] _ of Dakota [D]
Jack
_ I _ _ _ _ can see him as he jumps [G] from one roof to [D] the next _ _ _
Searching for me but he has [G]
no idea [D] where I'm at _ _ _
[G] But I [A] watch his every move, [G]
I'm ready when [D] he leaps _
As I shoot him in midair [G] he crashes to [D] the stream _ _
_ _ _ Now there's one against, just [G] one I've evened up the [D] score
_ _ Down the street I hear a yell [G] come through the [D] ballroom doors
[G] The kid has screamed, [A] there's no way I [G] can live unless [D] I run
_ Said there ain't no law dog man [G] _ enough to [D] take his gun _ _ _ _ _
Through the ballroom door he walks [G] and steps out in [D] the street _ _
I can't match his draw, he's much [G] too fast for me [D] to beat
_ [G] Yet as I walk [A] towards him [G] we both grab a [D] .45 _ _ _
Maybe I will die today [G] and he will stay [D] alive _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Like a hammer something hits [G] me spinning me [D]
around
_ _ As I fall I shoot him twice [G] before he hits [D] the ground
_ [G] His bullet missed me [A]
still I feel [G] a burning in my [D]
chest
_ His bullet hit the badge I wear [G] with pride upon my [D] _
_ vest _ _ _ _
As the people view the [G] bodies of the [D] lifeless three
_ From their looks I know _ [G] exactly what they _ [D] think of me
_ [G] To them I'm just [A] a killer, _ [G] they could [D] not care less
_ About my pride or about the [G] badge I wear upon [D] my vest _ _ _ _ _
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