The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Tom: Dm

Intro:

        (solo fiddle [implies C#m])

        E
        / / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

                       E              A
        When Liberty Valance rode to town
                 G#m        C#m           A    B
        The womenfolk would hide, they'd hide
                       E              A
        When Liberty Valance walked around
                      G#m   C#m
        The men would step aside

Chorus 1:

                    G#m                   D#m
        'Cause the point of a gun was the only law
             G#m            A     B
        That Liberty understood
                 E        G#m     C#m
        When it came to shooting straight and fast
        A [N.C.]      [1: E  2: C#m, to bridge]
          He was mighty good

Verse 2:

        From out of the East a stranger came
        A law book in his hand, a man
        The kind of a man the West would need
        To tame a troubled land

[repeat chorus 1]

Bridge 1:

        C#m    G#m       C#m
        Many a man would face his gun
            G#m               A    B
        And many a man would fall
             E      G#m  C#m
        The man who shot Liberty Valance
        E    G#m  C#m
          He shot Liberty Valance
        A [N.C.]                     (E)
          He was the bravest of them all

        E  C#m            A        E
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Verse 3:

        The love of a girl can make a man stay on
        When he should go, stay on
        Just trying to build a peaceful life
        Where love is free to grow

Chorus 3:

        But the point of a gun was the only law
        That Liberty understood
        When the final showdown came to pass
                           E      C7
        A law book was no good

[key change to F]

Verse 4:

                     F                     Bb
        Alone and afraid, she prayed that he'd
                     Am      Dm             Bb    C
        Return that fateful night, oh that night
                          F                  Bb
        When nothing she said could keep her man
                   Am      Dm
        From going out to fight

Chorus 4:

                 Am                    Em
        From the moment a girl gets to be full grown
             Am                    Bb    C
        The very first thing she learns
              F      Am         Dm
        When two men go out to face each other
        Bb [N.C.]      Dm
           Only one returns

Bridge 2:

        Dm       Am         Dm
        Everyone heard two shots ring out
             Am                Bb   C
        The shot made Liberty fall
             F       Am  Dm
        The man who shot Liberty Valance
        F     Am  Dm
          He shot Liberty Valance
        Bb [N.C.]                     (Dm)
           He was the bravest of them all

        Dm           C
        / / / /  / / / /

Coda:

             F       Am  Dm
        The man who shot Liberty Valance
        F     Am  Dm
          He shot Liberty Valance
        Bb [N.C.]                     Dm
           He was the bravest of them all