Intro:
      (solo fiddle implies 
C#5 )

      E5
      / / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:
                     E5              A5 
      When Liberty Valance rode to town
               G#5        C#5           A5    B5
      The womenfolk would hide, they'd hide
                     E5              A5
      When Liberty Valance walked around
                    G#5   C#5
      The men would step aside

Chorus 1:
                  G#5                   D#5
      'Cause the point of a gun was the only law
           G#5            A5     B5
      That Liberty understood
               E5        G#5     C#5
      When it came to shooting straight and fast
      A5 (N/C/)      (1: E5  2: C#5 , to bridge)
        He was mighty good

Verse 2:

      From out of the East a stranger came

      A law book in his hand, a man

      The kind of a man the West would need

      To tame a troubled land

repeat chorus 1

Bridge 1:
      C#5    G#5       C#5
      Many a man would face his gun
          G#5               A5    B5
      And many a man would fall
           E5      G#5  C#5
      The man who shot Liberty Valance
      E5    G#5  C#5
        He shot Liberty Valance
      A5 (N/C/)                     ( E5 )
        He was the bravest of them all
      E5  C#5            A5        E5
      / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Verse 3:

      The love of a girl can make a man stay on

      When he should go, stay on

      Just trying to build a peaceful life

      Where love is free to grow

Chorus 3:

      But the point of a gun was the only law

      That Liberty understood

      When the final showdown came to pass
                         E5      C5
      A law book was no good

key change to 
F5
Verse 4:
                   F5                     Bb5
      Alone and afraid, she prayed that he'd
                   A5      D5             Bb5    C5
      Return that fateful night, oh that night 
                        F5                  Bb5
      When nothing she said could keep her man
                 A5      D5
      From going out to fight

Chorus 4:
               A5                    E5
      From the moment a girl gets to be full grown
           A5                    Bb5    C5
      The very first thing she learns
            F5      A5         D5
      When two men go out to face each other
      Bb5 (N/C/)      D5
         Only one returns

Bridge 2:
      D5       A5         D5
      Everyone heard two shots ring out
           A5                Bb5   C5
      The shot made Liberty fall
           F5       A5  D5
      The man who shot Liberty Valance
      F5     A5  D5
        He shot Liberty Valance
      Bb5 (N/C/)                     ( D5 )
         He was the bravest of them all
      D5           C5
      / / / /  / / / /

Coda:
           F5       A5  D5
      The man who shot Liberty Valance
      F5     A5  D5
        He shot Liberty Valance
      Bb5 (N/C/)                     D5
         He was the bravest of them all

      (solo fiddle Dm and drums to fade)