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Bad Man's Blunder chords by
The Kingston Trio
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Key: E major•
Intro 1
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E

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B
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2

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E
E

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Verse 1
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E

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Well early one evenin'
I was rolling around
I was feelin' kinda mean
B
B
2

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I shot a deputy down,
E
E

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Strolled along home and I went to bed
Well I laid my pistol up un
B
B
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E
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der my head
Verse 2
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(He strolled along home)
I took my time
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E
E

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(And he went to bed)
B
B
2

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Thought I'd sleep some
(Laid his pistrol)
Big 22"
E
E

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(Up under his head)
Verse 3
I keep it handy
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E

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Well early in the mornin'
bout the break of day
B
B
2

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I figured it was time to make a getaway
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E

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Steppin' right along but I
was steppin' too slow
B
B
2

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Got surrounded by a sheriff down in Mexico
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E

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(Well he was
Verse 4
A
A

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steppin' right along)
I were a hot- footin' it
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E

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(But he was steppin' too slow)
It was a sultry day
B
B
2

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(Got surrounded by a sheriff)
Boxed in
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E

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(In Mexico)
I didn't even have a chance
Verse 5
to see the country
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E

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When I was arrested well
I didn't have a dime
The sheriff said,
B
B
2

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'Son you're riding free this time
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'Where you're going you
won't need a cent
'Cause the great state of Texas
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B
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gonna pay your rent
Verse 6
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('Cause where you're going)
I think he means jail
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(Y ou won't need a cent)
Well he knows I'm broke
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('Cause the great state of Texas)
Yippee!
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E

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(Gonna pay your rent)
Verse 7
I'm mighty grateful fellas
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Well I didn't have a key and
I didn't have a file
Naturally I stayed around
B
B
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E
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until my trial
Judge was an old man, Ninety- three
And I didn't like the way the
B
B
2

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E
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jury looked at me
Verse 8
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(Well the judge was an old man)
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Too old
(Ninety- three)
Entirely too old
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B
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I didn't like the way,
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E

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The jury looked at me
I think they were suspicious
Verse 9
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(The judge and jury they did agree)
(They all said murder in
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E
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the first degree)
Em
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(The judge said same)
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'Well I dunno whether to hang you or not,
But this here killin' of deputy sheriffs has
just naturally got to stop'
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(You gotta point there judge)
Verse 10
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It was a most unsatisfactory trial
They gave me ninety- nine years
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on the hard rock pile
Ninety and nine on the hard rock ground
And all I ever did was shoot a
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Bb
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deputy down
Verse 11
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(Ninety and nine) It could
have been life
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(On the hard rock pile)
They might- a hung me
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(And all he ever did,
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Was shoot a deputy down)
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Gm
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This whole
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thing has sure been
a lesson to me
(Bang! You're dead!)

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