dead or alive chords by Bill Anderson

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Intro 1

Verse 1

Dead or alive, dead or alive,

ten thousand dollars, dead or alive.

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Verse 2
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They tell me down in town I'm
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gettin' famous,
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they're all makin' me come home
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but I won't budge.
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Important folks are waitin'
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there to see me
like the sheriff and the jailer and the judge.
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Verse 3
My picture's on the front
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page of the paper,
I'm the local boy who
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wandered off alone.
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Now, they want me back so
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bad they're giving money
to the first man who'll come

Verse 4

out and bring me home.

Dead or alive, dead or alive,

ten thousand dollars, dead or alive.

Verse 5
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One night last week I got a little reckless
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and I couldn't hold my
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triggerfinger still.
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The barrel pointed at the county Marshall
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but I only meant to scare him, not to kill.

Verse 6
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Now the foothills of these
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mountains hold my secret,
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only they know of this old deserted shack.
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But the chances are some
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bloodhound's gonna find me
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and some other dirty dog
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will take me back.

Verse 7

Dead or alive, dead or alive,

I wonder if I'm better

Verse 8
off dead or alive.
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People always said that I'd
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amount to nothin',
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that to bury me would be a  waste of earth.
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But if they'll just put my price
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upon my tombstone
then the world can see what
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I was really worth.