Intro:
      (solo fiddle implies 
C#m )

      E
      / / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:
                     E              A 
      When Liberty Valance rode to town
               G#m        C#m           A    B
      The womenfolk would hide, they'd hide
                     E              A
      When Liberty Valance walked around
                    G#m   C#m
      The men would step aside

Chorus 1:
                  G#m                   D#m
      'Cause the point of a gun was the only law
           G#m            A     B
      That Liberty understood
               E        G#m     C#m
      When it came to shooting straight and fast
      A (N/C/)      (1: E  2: C#m , 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#m    G#m       C#m
      Many a man would face his gun
          G#m               A    B
      And many a man would fall
           E      G#m  C#m
      The man who shot Liberty Valance
      E    G#m  C#m
        He shot Liberty Valance
      A (N/C/)                     ( E )
        He was the bravest of them all
      E  C#m            A        E
      / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

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
                         E      C7
      A law book was no good

key change to 
F
Verse 4:
                   F                     Bb
      Alone and afraid, she prayed that he'd
                   Am      Dm             Bb    C
      Return that fateful night, oh that night 
                        F                  Bb
      When nothing she said could keep her man
                 Am      Dm
      From going out to fight

Chorus 4:
               Am                    Em
      From the moment a girl gets to be full grown
           Am                    Bb    C
      The very first thing she learns
            F      Am         Dm
      When two men go out to face each other
      Bb (N/C/)      Dm
         Only one returns

Bridge 2:
      Dm       Am         Dm
      Everyone heard two shots ring out
           Am                Bb   C
      The shot made Liberty fall
           F       Am  Dm
      The man who shot Liberty Valance
      F     Am  Dm
        He shot Liberty Valance
      Bb (N/C/)                     ( Dm )
         He was the bravest of them all
      Dm           C
      / / / /  / / / /

Coda:
           F       Am  Dm
      The man who shot Liberty Valance
      F     Am  Dm
        He shot Liberty Valance
      Bb (N/C/)                     Dm
         He was the bravest of them all

      (solo fiddle Dm and drums to fade)