Chords for Old Betsy - Fess Parker (1955)

[Eb] Bang!
Goes old Betsy, my only [Bb] gun is Betsy, I can travel far and wide with Betsy by my side.
_ _ _ The only time I draw my gun, [Eb] believe me it [Bb] is not in fun, [Eb] I shoot it for [Bb] defending me,
I shoot for life and liberty.
_ [Cm] _ [Db] _ [Bb] _
[Eb] Goes old Betsy, [Bb] my only gun is Betsy, I can travel far and wide with [F] Betsy by [Bb] my side.
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ One day I went away from town, [Eb] I aimed a grin, [Bb] a wildcat down, [Eb] the beast and I [Bb] began to stare,
it was a growling, grisly [C] bird.
[Db] _ [D] _
[Eb] Bang!
Goes old Betsy, my [Bb] only gun is Betsy, I can travel far and wide with Betsy by my side.
_ _ _ I was getting whittling sticks, [Eb] I got myself [Bb] into [Eb] a fix, the snow was frozen [Bb] on the ground,
a pack of hungry wolves came round.
[A] _ [Bb] _ [Ab]
[Eb] Bang!
Goes old Betsy, my only gun [Bb] is Betsy, I can travel far and wide with Betsy by my side.
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ When I was riding through the woods, [Eb] to trade off skins [Bb] for bought goods, [Eb] forty [Bb] arrows hit
a tree, I knew the Sioux were out for me.
[Eb] _ [G] _ [Bb]
[Eb] Bang!
Goes old Betsy, my only [Bb] gun is Betsy, I can travel far and wide with [F] Betsy by [Bb] my side.
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] The only time I draw my gun, [Eb] believe me [Bb] it is not in fun, [Eb] I shoot it for [Bb] defending me,
I shoot for life and liberty.
_ [Cm] _ [Db] _ [Bb] _
[Eb] Bang!
Goes old Betsy, my only [Bb] gun is Betsy, I can travel far and wide with [F] Betsy [Bb] by my side.
[Cm] Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
[Bb] Goes old Betsy! _
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