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            Am              F
When Liberty Valance rode to town 
         Em         Am           F    G
the womenfolk would hide, they'd hide.
             C               F
When Liberty Valance walked around 
              Em    Am
the men would step aside.
          Em         Am          Em   G
Cause the point of a gun was the only law 
     Em           F    G
that Liberty understood.
        C       Em       Am
When it came to shootin' straight and fast...
F             C
he was mighty good.

#2.
                Am              F
From out of the East a stranger came, 
           Em     Am      F   G
a law book in his hand, a man...
              C                  F
The kind of a man the West would need 
          Em       Am
to tame a troubled land.
          Em         Am          Em   G
Cause the point of a gun was the only law 
     Em           F     G
that Liberty understood.
        C       Em       Am
When it came to shootin' straight and fast...
F             C
he was mighty good.

CHORUS:
Am     Em        Am       Em
Many a man would face his gun and
Am     Em        F    G
many a man would fall.
        C       Em   Am      Em
But the man who shot Liberty Valance,
Am Em   Am      Em
he shot Liberty Valance.
F                          C
He was the bravest of them all.

#3.
              Am              F
The love of a girl can make a man stay on
     Em        Am       F   G
when he should go, stay on...
               C                F
Just tryin' to build a peaceful life
              Em      Am
where love is free to grow.
        Em         Am          Em   G
But the point of a gun was the only law 
     Em           F     G
that Liberty understood.
         C     Em       Am
When the final showdown came to pass...
F                 C
a law book was no good.

#4.
          Am                     F
Alone and afraid she prayed that he'd return 
     Em      Am                F     G
that fateful night, awww, that night.
                 C                   F
When nothin' she said could keep her man 
           Em     Am
from goin' out to fight.
         Em       Am           Em      G
From the moment a girl gets to be full-grown,
    Em                   F      G
the very first thing she learns..
     C          Em     Am                F        Am
when two men go out to face each other...only one returns.

#5.
Am       Em        Am         Em       Am        Em      F   G 
Everyone heard two shots ring out, one shot made Liberty fall.
    C       Em   Am      Em       Am Em    Am      Em
The man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot, Liberty Valance..
F                          C   Am
he was the bravest of them all.
    C       Em   Am      Em       Am Em    Am      Em
The man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot, Liberty Valance..
F                          C
he was the bravest of them all. 


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.