Chords for Rex ALLEN : Only The HANGMAN Is Waitin' For Me

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_ _ [G] I left my [A] _ hometown _ _ _ [D] one _ warm [A] summer evening _ _
[D] Went down to [Em] the station _ [D] to catch me a [A] _
train
_ [D] _ Rode west through [A] Missouri _ and [D] into [A] _ Wyoming _
_ [D] Headed out [G] to California _ to [A] stake a [D] gold claim _
_ I met her at [A] Clancy, [D] the cause of [A] my trouble
[D] A woman [G] with beauty [D] for all men [A] to see
[D] She fed me [A] rye whiskey [D] and gave me a six-gun set of fools
[G] Do the digging, [A] smart men work [D] for me _ _
[C#] There's [D] gold in the mountains, [G] gold in the valleys
_ [D] Gold in the river [E] and gold in [A] the _ [D] sea
_ Fortunes are waiting [G] for men to claim them
_ [D] Only the hangman [D] is waiting for me
_ _ She gave me her [A] favor, [D] I gave her [A] my six-gun
[D] We cheated [G] most all [D] of the miners [A] in town
[D] And those who [A] complained that [D] she dealt [A] from the bottom
[D] Were challenged [G] to draw [A] and were quickly [D] shot down _ _
I'm so [A] tired of killing [D] for love of [A] this woman
[D] The notches [G] on my gun [D] are twenty [A] and three
The next one I kill will be my scarlet lover
[D] That's why [G] the hangman [A] is waiting [D] for me
_ _ _ There's gold in the mountains, [G] gold in the valleys
_ [D] Gold in the river [E] and gold in [A] the sea
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Fortunes are waiting [G] for men to claim them
[D] But only the hangman _ _ [A] is _ _ waiting _ _ _ _ for _ [G] _ _ me _
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