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I rode out of Kansas City,going/ south to Mexico 
       A5                              G5                   D5 
I was/ running dodging danger,left the/ girl that I loved so 
                                    G5 
Far behind lay Kansas City and the/ past that I had earned 
         A5                                  G5               D5 
Twenty/ notches on my six gun marked the/ lessons I had learned 
 
 
       G5                            D5 
Many times I sold my fast gun for a/ place to lay my head 
          G5                              D5                  A5 
Till the/ nights began to haunt me by the/ men that I lay dead 
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Couldn't/ stand it any longer with the/ life that I'd begun 
      A5                             G5               D5 
So I/ said good-bye to Jeannie and/ became a running gun 
 
 
                             G5 
I rode into Amarillo as the sun sank in the west 
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My thoughts in Kansas City and the girl that I love best 
                                            G5 
As I smiled and kissed her gently and then turned around to go 
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Said I'd send for her to meet me when I reached old Mexico 
 
 
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I had barely left the saddle and my foot just touched the ground 
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When a cold voice from the shadows told me not to turn around 
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Said he new about my fast gun,new the price paid by the law 
               A5                     G5                  D5 
Challenged by a bounty hunter,so I turned around to draw 
 
 
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I knew someday I'd meet him for his hand like lightning flashed 
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My own gun stayed in leather as his bullet tore it's path 
                                              G5 
As my strength was slowly fading,I could see him walk away 
       A5                               G5                 D5 
And I knew that where I lie today,he to must lie some day 
 
 
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Now my strength is slowly fading and my eyes are growing dim 
        G5 
And my thoughts return to Jeannie 
        D5                       A5 
and the home that we had planned 
          D5 
Oh please tell her won't you mister 
            G5 
that she's still the only one 
       A5                               G5                 D5 
But a woman's love is waisted when she loves a running gun