D5 G5 I rode out of Kansas City,going/ south to Mexico A5 G5 D5 I was/ running dodging danger,left the/ girl that I loved so G5 Far behind lay Kansas City and the/ past that I had earned A5 G5 D5 Twenty/ notches on my six gun marked the/ lessons I had learned G5 D5 Many times I sold my fast gun for a/ place to lay my head G5 D5 A5 Till the/ nights began to haunt me by the/ men that I lay dead D5 G5 Couldn't/ stand it any longer with the/ life that I'd begun A5 G5 D5 So I/ said good-bye to Jeannie and/ became a running gun G5 I rode into Amarillo as the sun sank in the west A5 G5 D5 My thoughts in Kansas City and the girl that I love best G5 As I smiled and kissed her gently and then turned around to go A5 G5 D5 Said I'd send for her to meet me when I reached old Mexico G5 D5 I had barely left the saddle and my foot just touched the ground G5 D5 A5 When a cold voice from the shadows told me not to turn around D5 G5 Said he new about my fast gun,new the price paid by the law A5 G5 D5 Challenged by a bounty hunter,so I turned around to draw D5 G5 I knew someday I'd meet him for his hand like lightning flashed A5 G5 D5 My own gun stayed in leather as his bullet tore it's path G5 As my strength was slowly fading,I could see him walk away A5 G5 D5 And I knew that where I lie today,he to must lie some day G5 D5 Now my strength is slowly fading and my eyes are growing dim G5 And my thoughts return to Jeannie D5 A5 and the home that we had planned D5 Oh please tell her won't you mister G5 that she's still the only one A5 G5 D5 But a woman's love is waisted when she loves a running gun
