The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance:
Gene Pitney.
#3 in Australia, #2 in Canada and #4 in USA in 1962.

(Capo 5th fret for original. Check out orig. on YouTube.)

#1.
C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)            FWhen (133211@1)Liberty Valance rode to town 
         Em (022000@1)       Am (x02210@1)         F (133211@1)  Gthe (320003@1)womenfolk would hide, they'd hide.
             C (x32010@1)             FWhen (133211@1)Liberty Valance walked around 
              Em (022000@1)  Amthe (x02210@1)men would step aside.
          Em (022000@1)       Am (x02210@1)        Em (022000@1) GCause (320003@1)the point of a gun was the only law 
     Em (022000@1)         F (133211@1)  Gthat (320003@1)Liberty understood.
        C (x32010@1)     Em (022000@1)     AmWhen (x02210@1)it came to shootin' straight and fast...
F (133211@1)           Che (x32010@1)was mighty good.

#2.
                Am (x02210@1)            FFrom (133211@1)out of the East a stranger came, 
           Em (022000@1)   Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1) Ga (320003@1)law book in his hand, a man...
              C (x32010@1)                FThe (133211@1)kind of a man the West would need 
          Em (022000@1)     Amto (x02210@1)tame a troubled land.
          Em (022000@1)       Am (x02210@1)        Em (022000@1) GCause (320003@1)the point of a gun was the only law 
     Em (022000@1)         F (133211@1)   Gthat (320003@1)Liberty understood.
        C (x32010@1)     Em (022000@1)     AmWhen (x02210@1)it came to shootin' straight and fast...
F (133211@1)           Che (x32010@1)was mighty good.

CHORUS:
Am (x02210@1)   Em (022000@1)      Am (x02210@1)     EmMany (022000@1)a man would face his gun and
Am (x02210@1)   Em (022000@1)      F (133211@1)  Gmany (320003@1)a man would fall.
        C (x32010@1)     Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1)    EmBut (022000@1)the man who shot Liberty Valance,
AmEm   Am (x02210@1)    Emhe (022000@1)shot Liberty Valance.
F (133211@1)                        CHe (x32010@1)was the bravest of them all.

#3.
              Am (x02210@1)            FThe (133211@1)love of a girl can make a man stay on
     Em (022000@1)      Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1) Gwhen (320003@1)he should go, stay on...
               C (x32010@1)              FJust (133211@1)tryin' to build a peaceful life
              Em (022000@1)    Amwhere (x02210@1)love is free to grow.
        Em (022000@1)       Am (x02210@1)        Em (022000@1) GBut (320003@1)the point of a gun was the only law 
     Em (022000@1)         F (133211@1)   Gthat (320003@1)Liberty understood.
         C (x32010@1)   Em (022000@1)     AmWhen (x02210@1)the final showdown came to pass...
F (133211@1)               Ca (x32010@1)law book was no good.

#4.
          Am (x02210@1)                   FAlone (133211@1)and afraid she prayed that he'd return 
     Em (022000@1)    Am (x02210@1)              F (133211@1)   Gthat (320003@1)fateful night, awww, that night.
                 C (x32010@1)                 FWhen (133211@1)nothin' she said could keep her man 
           Em (022000@1)   Amfrom (x02210@1)goin' out to fight.
         Em (022000@1)     Am (x02210@1)         Em (022000@1)    GFrom (320003@1)the moment a girl gets to be full-grown,
    Em (022000@1)                 F (133211@1)    Gthe (320003@1)very first thing she learns..
     C (x32010@1)        Em (022000@1)   Am (x02210@1)              F (133211@1)      Amwhen (x02210@1)two men go out to face each other...only one returns.

#5.
Am (x02210@1)     Em (022000@1)      Am (x02210@1)       Em (022000@1)     Am (x02210@1)      Em (022000@1)    F (133211@1) G (320003@1)Everyone heard two shots ring out, one shot made Liberty fall.
    C (x32010@1)     Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1)    Em (022000@1)     AmEm    Am (x02210@1)    EmThe (022000@1)man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot, Liberty Valance..
F (133211@1)                        C (x32010@1) Amhe (x02210@1)was the bravest of them all.
    C (x32010@1)     Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1)    Em (022000@1)     AmEm    Am (x02210@1)    EmThe (022000@1)man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot, Liberty Valance..
F (133211@1)                        Che (x32010@1)was the bravest of them all. 


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