Am                                      G
In the southern part of Texas, east and west of El Paso 
                                              Am
Where the mighty Franklin Mountains guard the trail to Mexico. 
                                      G
There?s a new made widow cryin? and a hurse a-rollin? slow, 
      Em                                  Am
And I guess that Devil?s passed this way again. 
 

Am                                         G 
There?s a lathered sorrel stallion runnin? through the Joshua Trees, 
                                   Am
A young man in the saddle with his coat tails in the breeze. 
                                     G
Got a six gun on his right hip and a rifle at his knee, 
         Em                              Am
And he?s dealin? in a game that he can?t win. 
 
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Am                        G 
Poor Billy Bonney, you?re only twenty-one, 
                                     Am
Pat Garrett?s got your name on every bullet in his gun. 
                                              G
Each notch you carved on your six-gun?s got a bloody tale to tell 
                                           Em              Am
Well, you?re a mile ahead of Garrett and a step outside of hell. 
 

Am                                        G 
Them fancy clothes you?re wearin? and the women in your bed, 
                                 Am
Can?t take away the faces of the men that you left dead. 
                                       G
As you ride across the badlands with a price upon your head, 
Em                                  Am
Now that wheel or fortune starts to turn. 
 

Am                                    G 
Your reputation?s grown till it?s the biggest in the land, 
                                         Am
And there ain?t a lot of people left who wanna call your hand. 
                                         G
And I guess you?ll go down shootin? just like all brand of men, 
             Em                                 Am
And when you shake hands with the Devil you get burned. 
 
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