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                  "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance"
                      (Burt Bacharach - Hal David)

Intro:

	(solo fiddle [implies C#m])

	E (022100@1)/ / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

	               E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)When Liberty Valance rode to town
	         G#m (133111@4)      C#m (x13321@4)         A (x02220@1)  B (x2444x@1)The womenfolk would hide, they'd hide
	               E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)When Liberty Valance walked around
	              G#m (133111@4) C#m (x13321@4)The men would step aside

Chorus 1:

	            G#m (133111@4)                 D#m (xx4342@1)'Cause the point of agun (x02210@1)was the only law
	     G#m (133111@4)          A (x02220@1)   B (x2444x@1)That Liberty understood
	         E (022100@1)      G#m (133111@4)   C#m (x13321@4)When it came to shooting straight and fast
	A[N.C.] (x02220@1)     [1: E (022100@1)2: C#m, to bridge]
	  He was mighty good

Verse 2:

	From out of the East astranger (x02210@1)came
	Alaw (x02220@1)book in his hand, aman (x02210@1)	The kind of aman (x02210@1)the West would need
	To tame atroubled (x02210@1)land

[repeat chorus 1]

Bridge 1:

	C#m (x13321@4)  G#m (133111@4)     C#m (x13321@4)Many aman (x02210@1)would face his gun
	    G#m (133111@4)             A (x02220@1)  B (x2444x@1)And many aman (x02210@1)would fall
	     E (022100@1)    G#m (133111@4)C#m (x13321@4)The man who shot Liberty Valance
	E (022100@1)  G#m (133111@4)C#m (x13321@4)  He shot Liberty Valance
	A[N.C.] (x02220@1)                    (E)
	  He was the bravest of them all

	E (022100@1)C#m (x13321@4)          A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Verse 3:

	The love of agirl (x02210@1)can make aman (x02210@1)stay on
	When he should go, stay on
	Just trying to build apeaceful (x02210@1)life
	Where love is free to grow

Chorus 3:

	But the point of agun (x02210@1)was the only law
	That Liberty understood
	When the final showdown came to pass
	                   E (022100@1)    C7 (x32310@1)Alaw (x02220@1)book was no good

[key change to F]

Verse 4:

	             F (133211@1)                   Bb (x1333x@1)Alone and afraid, she prayed that he'd
	             Am (x02210@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)  C (x32010@1)Return that fateful night, oh that night
	                  F (133211@1)                Bb (x1333x@1)When nothing she said could keep her man
	           Am (x02210@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)From going out to fight

Chorus 4:

	         Am (x02210@1)                  Em (022000@1)From the moment agirl (x02210@1)gets to be full grown
	     Am (x02210@1)                  Bb (x1333x@1)  C (x32010@1)The very first thing she learns
	      F (133211@1)    Am (x02210@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)When two men go out to face each other
	Bb[N.C.] (x1333x@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)   Only one returns

Bridge 2:

	Dm (xx0231@1)     Am (x02210@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)Everyone heard two shots ring out
	     Am (x02210@1)              Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1)The shot made Liberty fall
	     F (133211@1)     Am (x02210@1)Dm (xx0231@1)The man who shot Liberty Valance
	F (133211@1)   Am (x02210@1)Dm (xx0231@1)  He shot Liberty Valance
	Bb[N.C.] (x1333x@1)                    (Dm)
	   He was the bravest of them all

	Dm (xx0231@1)         C (x32010@1)/ / / /  / / / /

Coda:

	     F (133211@1)     Am (x02210@1)Dm (xx0231@1)The man who shot Liberty Valance
	F (133211@1)   Am (x02210@1)Dm (xx0231@1)  He shot Liberty Valance
	Bb[N.C.] (x1333x@1)                    Dm (xx0231@1)   He was the bravest of them all

	(solo fiddle [Dm] and drums to fade)


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers