Capos are for the lazy.



E5                B5
Five brothers who left Arkansas

E5                              B5
Set out to find the gambler who murdered their pa

C5                  G5
Five brothers, and three in their teens

E5             A5                   E5    B5    E5
Gotta find the man who killed their pa in New Orleans



     E5                              B5
They heard of him in Houston, and his trail was leadin' west

     E5                              B5
He'd left there many months ago, and so they couldn't rest

C5                  G5
Five brothers, and three in their teens

E5             A5                   E5    B5    E5
Gotta find the man who killed their pa in New Orleans

F5
New Orleans



    F5                           C5
The sun was hot as fire, and the nights were cold as steel

F5                                       C5
Hate was strong, and youth was wild, and so they couldn't feel

C#5                 Ab5
Five brothers, and three in their teens

F5             Bb5                  F5    C5    F5
Gotta find the man who killed their pa in New Orleans



    F5                                 C5
His trail led to the Badlands, and the desert promised death

    F5                                    C5
The gambler's odds were different now, he treasured every breath

C#5                 Ab5
Five brothers, and three in their teens

F5               Bb5                  F5    C5    F5
Close behind the man who killed their pa in New Orleans

F#5
New Orleans



     F#5                               C#5
When first they saw the killer, he was by the waterhole

     F#5                                     C#5
Five rifles rang out through the night, they killed the gambler cold

D5                  A5
Five brothers, and three in their teens

F#5             B5                   F#5   C#5   F#5
Finally got the man who killed their pa in New Orleans



    F#5                             C#5
The desert is their keeper now, for this a traveler said

     F#5                               C#5
That poison lived within the hole, now six of them are dead

D5                  A5
Five brothers, and three in their teens

F#5            B5                   F#5   C#5   F#5
Lay beside the man who killed their pa in New Orleans

F#5            B5                   F#5   C#5   F#5
Lay beside the man who killed their pa in New Orleans
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