Intro: |  D (xx0232@1)*  G/D (4x3121@7)*  |  D (xx0232@1)|

D (xx0232@1)                                                     GI (320003@1)pulled out my Stage Coach Times and I read the latest news.
  A (x02220@1)                D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1)     A7 (x02020@1)      D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) G/AI (320203@1)tapped my feet in dumb surprise and of course I saw they knew.
    D (xx0232@1)               G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)              GThe (320003@1)Pinkertons pulled out my bags and asked me for my name.
A (x02220@1)                D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)      *      D (xx0232@1) D7 (xx0212@1) *   G/A (320203@1) D (xx0232@1) D7 (xx0212@1) *
I stuttered out my answer and hung my head in shame.


G/A (320203@1)       D (xx0232@1)                         A7Now (x02020@1)they've found me.   At last they've found me.
             G (320003@1)                 DIt's (xx0232@1)hard to run from a starving family.
G/A (320203@1)       D (xx0232@1)     *   G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)  *   G/DNow (4x3121@7)they've found me.      Well I won't run.
*             D (xx0232@1)     Bm (x24432@1)  A/C# (042220@1)  G (320003@1)        DI'm (xx0232@1)tired of hearing "There goes a well-known gun".


D (xx0232@1)                             Em7/A (00x030@1)      D (xx0232@1)           GNow (320003@1)I've seen this chain gang - Lord, I say let me see my priest.
  A (x02220@1)                       D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)     A7 (x02020@1)         D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) G/AI (320203@1)couldn't have faced your desert sand-old burning brown-backed beast.
     D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)                 GThe (320003@1)poor house they hit me for my kin and claimed my crumbling walls.
A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)    *        D (xx0232@1) D7 (xx0212@1) *   G/A (320203@1) D (xx0232@1) D7 (xx0212@1) *
Now I know how Reno felt when he ran from the law.

Chorus

DOh, (xx0232@1)the well-known gun
D(Now (xx0232@1)they've found me) There goes the well-known gun
D(I (xx0232@1)said found me) There goes the well-known gun