Aces & Eights chords by Jimbo Mathus

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Verse 1
G 
C 
Am 
1, 2, 3, 4
C 
I left the bar last night
F 
When it was done
G 
I guess it wasn't the greatest
C 
F 
But I still tried to have some fun
G 
C 
People like you and me,
F 
we ain't used to too much.
G 
We make our living off the ramblers
and the gamblers
C 
and the outlaws and such.
Am 
G 
C 
Jack McCall rode in from
F 
Cheyenne in a herd of cats
G 
He slept in the alleys and the gullies
C 
with the whores and the rats
F 
C 
There's nothing worse
than a desperate man
F 
who's holding a grudge
G 
In an outlaw town, on the border,
C 
with no jury or judge
G 
It's his name,
C 
F 
C 
we're not in his plan
G 
And the next thing you know
that we're gone,
C 
Am 
G 
C 
is a desperate man
Am 
G 
C 
I   was standing back
in the corner,
F 
looking over at the table at Bill.
G 
I'd about gone crazy,
C 
F 
it was hazy and I'd had my fill.
C 
Wildfield always played his cards
F 
with his back to the wall
G 
But last night he had his back to the door
C 
Went and walked Jack McCall
Am 
G 
This is  the day,
C 
it has been handed down
G 
We'll always be unlucky,
in the unlucky
C 
We're in
Am 
C 
F 
G 
C 
Play it boys!
Am 
C 
F 
G 
C 
F 
C 
They drugged Jack McCall
F 
by his collar down to the place
G 
Let the fools and the drunkards,
C 
everyone, take a shot at his face
A slug to the back of Bill's hand
F 
had sealed his fate
G 
And when they saw what he
was holdin' at the end,
C 
it was aces and eights
G 
Sing it, boys! Aces and eights
C 
That's the way it was done
G 
And the next thing you know,
F 
C 
damn dawg, he's back on the run
G 
So take his hand baby,
C 
Am 
C 
it has been handed down
Am 
G 
We'll always be the lucky hands
C 
F 
C 
in the lucky town.
G 
And we'll always be the lucky hands
C 
in the lucky town.
F 
G 
C 
C 
Let's roll it out, boys! you