Ballad of a Small Man chords by 
Marty Robbins 
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Key: Eb major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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He was a small
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man but this man was all man
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He was accustomed to danger
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He knew the badlands,
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he knew every bad man
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This man was a ranger, ranger, ranger
Verse 2
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Into the township of Pecos he rode
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Everyone noticed this stranger
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Plainly it showed in the way
that he rode in
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This man was a ranger,
Verse 3
ranger, ranger
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Everyone watched as he climbed
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from his horse and walked by
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Every eye dropped to the gun
hanging low on his side
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The si lence was broken,
the ranger had spoken
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And these were his words
Verse 4
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I've trailed an outlaw for thirty-six days
days
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I'm twenty hours be hind him
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He's here in town so I'll just be around
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Long as it takes me to find him,
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find him, find him
Verse 5
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Slowly he turned and he
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looked down the street
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Then he looked back to the crowd
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Somethin' about him left no room to doubt
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He spoke very little but loud,
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but loud, but loud
Verse 6
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If it is pity you have for my size
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Save it don't waste it, my friend
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This equalizer I have on my hip
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Makes me as big as the nex t man,
Verse 7
next man, next man
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Then from a door came a curse and
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they knew at a glance
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The outlaw had stepped to the street
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to begin his ad vance
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Women grabbed children,
men grabbed their wives
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And thay ran from the street
Verse 8
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Even the soft, gentle breeze became still
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Death had a minute to wait
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Two hands would dive for a Colt forty-five
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One One hand would come up too late,
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too late, too late
Verse 9
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"Go for your gun",
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was the outlaw's remark
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"To morrow you'll sleep
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neath the stone ."
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The ranger replied,
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"There'll be plenty of time
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Af ter you go for your own,
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your own, your own."
Verse 10
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All of a sudden it happene d
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Both of then grabbed for a gun
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Both clearing leather,
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both fired together
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Everyone thought it was one gun,
one gun, one gun
Verse 11
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A forty-five slug slug hit the
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outlaw and spun him around
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His life was over,
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he died on his way to the ground
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To our surprise we watched
as the ranger
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Took one faltering step
Verse 12
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Slowly he crumbled and fell to the ground
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A bullet was deep in his side
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He looked all around but he spoke not a word
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A faint little smile and he died,
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he died, he died
Verse 13
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He was a small man but
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this man was all man
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He was accustomed to danger
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He knew the badlands,
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he knew every bad man
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This man was a ranger ,
ranger, ranger
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