The Last Gunfighter Ballad - Guy Clark and Waylon Jennings Chords

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_ [F] Now the old gunfighter on the porch _ _ [Eb] stared into the sun _ _
[Db] _ _ Relived the days _ [Ab] of living by the gun
_ [F] When deadly games of pride were played
[Eb] Living was mistakes not made
[Db] And the thought of the smell of the black powder [Eb] smoke
And I stand in the street [Ab] at the turn of a joke
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I smell [Ab] the black powder smoke
[Eb] And I stand in the street [Ab] at the turn of a joke _ _ _ _
[F] And you can almost feel the weight of the gun
[Eb] And it always keeps you back to the sun
[Db] And it's faster than snakes or a blink of the eye
[Ab] And it's time for all slow men to die
[F] And his eyes get squinty and his fingers twitch
[Eb] And he empties his gun at the son of a [Bb] bitch
[Db] And his hip for the smell of the black powder smoke
And [Eb] I stand in the street at [Ab] the turn of a joke
[Db]
Hip for the smell of the [Ab] black powder smoke
And [Eb] I stand in the [Ab] street at the turn of a joke _ _ _
[F] And the burn of the bullet is only a [Fm] scar
[Eb] And he's back in his chair in front of the bar
[Db] And the streets are empty and the blood's all [Ab] dried
And the dead are dust and the whiskey's inside
[F] So buy him a drink and lend him an ear
[Eb] He's nobody's fool and the only one here
[Db] Who remembers the smell of the black powder smoke
[Eb] And I stand in the street [Ab] at the turn of a joke
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Remember the smell of [Ab] the black powder smoke
And [Eb] I stand in the [Bb] street at [Ab] the turn of a joke _ _
He [F] said I stood in that street before it was paved
[Eb] Learned shooter be shot before I could [Db] shave
I did it all for the money and [Ab] fame
Noble was nothing but feeling no [F] shame
And nothing was sacred save [Fm] staying alive
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And all that I learned from a Colt [Bb] .45
[Db] Was to curse the smell of the black powder smoke
[Eb] And I stand in the street [Ab] at the turn of a joke
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Curse the smell of [Eb] the black powder smoke
And I stand [Bb] in the street at [Ab] the turn of a joke _ _ _ _
[F] Now he's just an old man no one [Ab] believes
[Eb] Says he's a gunfighter the last of the breed
[Db] And there are ghosts in the street seeking revenge
[Ab] Calling him out to the lunatic fringe
[F] Now he's out in the traffic checking the sun
[Eb] And he's killed by a car as he goes for his gun
[Db] So much for the smell of the black powder smoke
[Eb] And I stand in the street [Ab] at the turn of a joke
[Db] So much for the smell of [Ab] the black powder smoke
[Eb] And I stand in the street [Ab] at the turn of a joke _ _
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