Running Gun Chords by Marty Robbins
Tempo:
112.55 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
B
Em
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] I rode out of Kansas City [A] going south to Mexico I [B] was running, dodging danger, left [A] the girl that I [E] loved so
Far behind lay Kansas City and [A] the best that I had earned [Em] Twenty [B] notches on my six-gun marked [A] the lessons [E] I had learned
Many [A] times I sold my fast gun for a [E] place to lay my head Till the [Am] nights began to haunt me [E] by the men [B] that I left dead
[E] Couldn't stand it any longer with this [A] life that I'd begun [B] So I said goodbye to Dini and [A] became a [E] running gun
I rode into Amarillo as [A] the sun sank in the west [B] My thoughts in Kansas City and [Gbm] the girl [E] that I loved best
As I smiled and kissed her gently [A] and then turned away to go [B] Said I'd send for her to meet me when I'd [A] reached Old Mexico
[E] I had barely [A] left the saddle [E] and my foot just touched the ground [A] When a cowboy from the shadows [E] told me not to [B] turn around
[Eb] Said he [E] knew about my fast gun, knew the price paid [Eb] by the law Challenged by a bounty hunter so [A] I turned around [Em] to draw
[E]
I knew someday I'd meet him for [A] his hand like lightning flashed [B] My own gun stood in leather as [A] his bullet [G] tore [E] its pad
As my strength was slowly fading [A] I could see him walk away And I [B] knew that where I lie tonight he [A] too must [E] lie someday
Now the [A] crowd is slowly gathering [E] but my eyes are growing dim [A] And my thoughts return to Dini [E] and the home that [B] we had planned
[E] Oh please tell her won't you mister [A] that she's still the only one But a woman's [B] love is wasted [E] when she loves a running gun Running gun Running gun
Far behind lay Kansas City and [A] the best that I had earned [Em] Twenty [B] notches on my six-gun marked [A] the lessons [E] I had learned
Many [A] times I sold my fast gun for a [E] place to lay my head Till the [Am] nights began to haunt me [E] by the men [B] that I left dead
[E] Couldn't stand it any longer with this [A] life that I'd begun [B] So I said goodbye to Dini and [A] became a [E] running gun
I rode into Amarillo as [A] the sun sank in the west [B] My thoughts in Kansas City and [Gbm] the girl [E] that I loved best
As I smiled and kissed her gently [A] and then turned away to go [B] Said I'd send for her to meet me when I'd [A] reached Old Mexico
[E] I had barely [A] left the saddle [E] and my foot just touched the ground [A] When a cowboy from the shadows [E] told me not to [B] turn around
[Eb] Said he [E] knew about my fast gun, knew the price paid [Eb] by the law Challenged by a bounty hunter so [A] I turned around [Em] to draw
[E]
I knew someday I'd meet him for [A] his hand like lightning flashed [B] My own gun stood in leather as [A] his bullet [G] tore [E] its pad
As my strength was slowly fading [A] I could see him walk away And I [B] knew that where I lie tonight he [A] too must [E] lie someday
Now the [A] crowd is slowly gathering [E] but my eyes are growing dim [A] And my thoughts return to Dini [E] and the home that [B] we had planned
[E] Oh please tell her won't you mister [A] that she's still the only one But a woman's [B] love is wasted [E] when she loves a running gun Running gun Running gun
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ I rode out of Kansas City [A] going south to Mexico I [B] was running, dodging danger, left [A] the girl that I [E] loved so
Far behind lay Kansas City and [A] the best that I had earned [Em] Twenty [B] notches on my six-gun marked [A] the lessons [E] I had learned
_ Many [A] times I sold my fast gun for a [E] place to lay my head Till the [Am] nights began to haunt me [E] by the men [B] that I left dead
[E] Couldn't stand it any longer with this [A] life that I'd begun [B] So I said goodbye to Dini and [A] became a [E] running gun _
I rode into Amarillo as [A] the sun sank in the west [B] My thoughts in Kansas City and [Gbm] the girl [E] that I loved best
As I smiled and kissed her gently [A] and then turned away to go [B] Said I'd send for her to meet me when I'd [A] reached Old Mexico
[E] _ _ I had barely [A] left the saddle [E] and my foot just touched the ground [A] When a cowboy from the shadows [E] told me not to [B] turn around
[Eb] Said he [E] knew about my fast gun, knew the price paid [Eb] by the law Challenged by a bounty hunter so [A] I turned around [Em] to draw
_ [E]
I knew someday I'd meet him for [A] his hand like lightning flashed [B] My own gun stood in leather as [A] his bullet [G] tore [E] its pad _
As my strength was slowly fading [A] I could see him walk away And I [B] knew that where I lie tonight he [A] too must [E] lie someday
_ Now the [A] crowd is slowly gathering [E] but my eyes are growing dim [A] And my thoughts return to Dini [E] and the home that [B] we had planned
[E] Oh please tell her won't you mister [A] that she's still the only one But a woman's [B] love is wasted [E] when she loves a running gun _ Running _ gun _ _ _ Running _ gun _ _ _ _ _
Far behind lay Kansas City and [A] the best that I had earned [Em] Twenty [B] notches on my six-gun marked [A] the lessons [E] I had learned
_ Many [A] times I sold my fast gun for a [E] place to lay my head Till the [Am] nights began to haunt me [E] by the men [B] that I left dead
[E] Couldn't stand it any longer with this [A] life that I'd begun [B] So I said goodbye to Dini and [A] became a [E] running gun _
I rode into Amarillo as [A] the sun sank in the west [B] My thoughts in Kansas City and [Gbm] the girl [E] that I loved best
As I smiled and kissed her gently [A] and then turned away to go [B] Said I'd send for her to meet me when I'd [A] reached Old Mexico
[E] _ _ I had barely [A] left the saddle [E] and my foot just touched the ground [A] When a cowboy from the shadows [E] told me not to [B] turn around
[Eb] Said he [E] knew about my fast gun, knew the price paid [Eb] by the law Challenged by a bounty hunter so [A] I turned around [Em] to draw
_ [E]
I knew someday I'd meet him for [A] his hand like lightning flashed [B] My own gun stood in leather as [A] his bullet [G] tore [E] its pad _
As my strength was slowly fading [A] I could see him walk away And I [B] knew that where I lie tonight he [A] too must [E] lie someday
_ Now the [A] crowd is slowly gathering [E] but my eyes are growing dim [A] And my thoughts return to Dini [E] and the home that [B] we had planned
[E] Oh please tell her won't you mister [A] that she's still the only one But a woman's [B] love is wasted [E] when she loves a running gun _ Running _ gun _ _ _ Running _ gun _ _ _ _ _
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