Tom: Gm
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[Verse 1]
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The bar room was quiet, and smoke filled the air
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A young fellow was dying with no one to care
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I held him in my arms, a sad sight to see
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Hear my story, he said, 'fore you bury me
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When I was a boy I saw my father die
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By the gun of a man with a scar across his eye
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And I swore that when I was full grown
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I'd kill that man with a gun of my own
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I'd kill that man with a gun of my own
[Verse 2]
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I spent the years working, working day and night
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Learning how to shoot, and learning how to fight
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The word got around, oh it was known by all
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They knew I drew fast, they knew I stood tall
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When the time was right, I left my town
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To search for the man that gunned my pa down
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I rode through the night, I rode without stop
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I rode without rest, 'till I thought I would drop
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
Gm F
Then I heard that a man with a scar had been seen
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In some God-forsook town, north of Abilene
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I knew at last, I would see justice done
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And if pa was alive, he'd be proud of his son
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When I rode through that town, every man turned away;
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They could see by my face there was devil to pay
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I got off my horse and went into the bar
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And standing right there was the man with the scar
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And standing right there was the man with the scar
[Verse 4]
Gm F
He looked straight at me, my mouth went dust-dry
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He said, "What is it son?" I said, "You're gonna die!"
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But as I went for my gun, a bullet hit my chest
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And the last thing I saw was a star on his vest
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That was the story he whispered to me
It's funny how foolish some men can be
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And strange, I thought, as I buried him that day
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How men, without knowing why, throw their lives away
