The Skies of Lincoln County

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Dm (xx0231@1)                           CMy (x32010@1)name is William Bonny and I have some things to tell
Dm (xx0231@1)                               CAll (x32010@1)about my life 'n death and the way things are in Hell
    Bb (x1333x@1)           Dm (xx0231@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)            FAnd (133211@1)lies they told about me after Garrett shot me down
   C (x32010@1)                         
In Mexico, in 1881

Dm (xx0231@1)                           CTwenty (x32010@1)one were the lives that Garrett said I took
Dm (xx0231@1)                         CThat (x32010@1)was just another lie he wrote down in his book
       Bb (x1333x@1)           Dm (xx0231@1)             Bb (x1333x@1)            FFor (133211@1)he had to make it seem as though I were the Devils seed
        Cbut (x32010@1)the lives I took, they were three

Bb (x1333x@1)                                    FAnd (133211@1)the skies of Lincoln County were as blue as blue could be
Bb (x1333x@1)                                    F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)And the sun that shines on you, well it used to shine on me
Bb (x1333x@1)                                    F (133211@1)And I knew the smell of woodsmoke and I liked the taste of beer
         CThe (x32010@1)only difference now, is I'm not here

Bb (x1333x@1)                DmI'm (xx0231@1)in New Mexico and it's 1881

Dm (xx0231@1)                                   CA (x32010@1)man who'd lie to save his skin won't look you in the eye
Dm (xx0231@1)                              CGarrett (x32010@1)never saw my face when he let those bullets fly
           Bb (x1333x@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)               Bb (x1333x@1)          FAnd (133211@1)I died there in Pete Maxwell's room, no boots upon my feet
       CIn (x32010@1)the dark, and all alone

Dm (xx0231@1)                                CThey (x32010@1)had themselves an inquest, and then they buried me
Dm (xx0231@1)                               CThey (x32010@1)made me into something that I never meant to be
        Bb (x1333x@1)              Dm (xx0231@1)             Bb (x1333x@1)            FAnd (133211@1)the vultures came and chipped away the headstone on my grave
         CAnd (x32010@1)then took it home, for souvenirs

Bb (x1333x@1)                                    FAnd (133211@1)the skies of Lincoln County were as blue as blue could be
Bb (x1333x@1)                                    F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)And the sun that shines on you, well it used to shine on me
Bb (x1333x@1)                                    F (133211@1)And I knew the smell of woodsmoke and I liked the taste of beer
         CThe (x32010@1)only difference now, is I'm not here

Bb (x1333x@1)                DmI'm (xx0231@1)in New Mexico and it's 1881

Bb (x1333x@1)                                      FHistory (133211@1)books are written by the ones who survive
Bb (x1333x@1)                                          FGarrett (133211@1)was the one who came out of that room alive
       Bb (x1333x@1)                   Dm (xx0231@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)     FAnd (133211@1)he harnessed up my ghost, made it sing and dance
         CAnd (x32010@1)I am dancing still, I'm dancing still

Dm (xx0231@1)                           CThe (x32010@1)corridors of my Hell, they never ever change
Dm (xx0231@1)                        CI (x32010@1)am doomed forever to this little piece of range
Bb (x1333x@1)              Dm (xx0231@1)             Bb (x1333x@1)         FTrapped (133211@1)here by a legend that's no making of my own
       CI (x32010@1)look around, and I see.

Bb (x1333x@1)                DmIt's (xx0231@1)still New Mexico and it's 1881

Bb (x1333x@1)                                    FAnd (133211@1)the skies of Lincoln County were as blue as blue could be
Bb (x1333x@1)                                    F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)And the sun that shines on you, well it used to shine on me
Bb (x1333x@1)                                    F (133211@1)And I knew the smell of woodsmoke and I liked the taste of beer
         CThe (x32010@1)only difference now, is I'm not here

Bb (x1333x@1)                DmI'm (xx0231@1)in New Mexico and it's 1881

Bb (x1333x@1)                    DmIt's (xx0231@1)still New Mexico and it's 1881