Music/Lyrics by Tompall Glaser, and popularized by Marty Robbins.

Capos are for the lazy.



Em (022000@1)              B7Five (x21202@1)brothers who left Arkansas

Em (022000@1)                            B7Set (x21202@1)out to find the gambler who murdered their pa

C (x32010@1)                GFive (320003@1)brothers, and three in their teens

Em (022000@1)           Am (x02210@1)                 Em (022000@1)  B7 (x21202@1)  EmGotta (022000@1)find the man who killed their pa in New Orleans



Em (022000@1)                            B7They (x21202@1)heard of him in Houston, and his trail was leadin' west

Em (022000@1)                            B7He'd (x21202@1)left there many months ago, and so they couldn't rest

C (x32010@1)                GFive (320003@1)brothers, and three in their teens

Em (022000@1)           Am (x02210@1)                 Em (022000@1)  B7 (x21202@1)  EmGotta (022000@1)find the man who killed their pa in New Orleans

FmNew (133111@1)Orleans



Fm (133111@1)                         C7The (x32310@1)sun was hot as fire, and the nights were cold as steel

Fm (133111@1)                                     C7Hate (x32310@1)was strong, and youth was wild, and so they couldn't feel

C# (x43121@1)               AbFive (xx1114@1)brothers, and three in their teens

Fm (133111@1)           Bbm (x13321@1)                Fm (133111@1)  C7 (x32310@1)  FmGotta (133111@1)find the man who killed their pa in New Orleans



Fm (133111@1)                               C7His (x32310@1)trail led to the Badlands, and the desert promised death

Fm (133111@1)                                  C7The (x32310@1)gambler's odds were different now, he treasured every breath

C# (x43121@1)               AbFive (xx1114@1)brothers, and three in their teens

Fm (133111@1)             Bbm (x13321@1)                Fm (133111@1)  C7 (x32310@1)  FmClose (133111@1)behind the man who killed their pa in New Orleans

F#mNew (244222@1)Orleans



F#m (244222@1)                             C#7When (x4342x@1)first they saw the killer, he was by the waterhole

F#m (244222@1)                                   C#7Five (x4342x@1)rifles rang out through the night, they killed the gambler cold

D (xx0232@1)                AFive (x02220@1)brothers, and three in their teens

F#m (244222@1)           Bm (x24432@1)                 F#m (244222@1) C#7 (x4342x@1) F#mFinally (244222@1)got the man who killed their pa in New Orleans



F#m (244222@1)                           C#7The (x4342x@1)desert is their keeper now, for this a traveler said

F#m (244222@1)                             C#7That (x4342x@1)poison lived within the hole, now six of them are dead

D (xx0232@1)                AFive (x02220@1)brothers, and three in their teens

F#m (244222@1)          Bm (x24432@1)                 F#m (244222@1) C#7 (x4342x@1) F#mLay (244222@1)beside the man who killed their pa in New Orleans

F#m (244222@1)          Bm (x24432@1)                 F#m (244222@1) C#7 (x4342x@1) F#mLay (244222@1)beside the man who killed their pa in New Orleans