Decent Man chords by James McMurtry
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Intro 1
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(D major)
Verse 1
He was (D major) more than just a decent man,
(G major) best friend I ever had (D major)
When you're shooting at a coffee can (G major)
, a thirty eight don't kick (D major) that (A major) bad
(G major) But it kicks right (A major) through my bones (D major)
every second of every day
(G major) Clacking by like cobblestones
under broken (A major) wheels (D major)
Verse 2
And if the truth be known, (G major)
I wasn't (D major) doing that well
I wasn't paying attention,
(G major) I brought it (A major) on myself
And I (G major) blamed it on the god (A major) s that
seemed to smile (D major) on everybody else (G major)
I got so inside out,
(A major) I didn't know what was real (G major)
My field (A major) s are empty now
Verse 3
(B minor) (A major) (G major)
My ground (A major) won't take the plow (B minor)
(D major) It's (G major) washed down to gravel (A major)
and stone (B minor) s (A major)
(G major) It's only (A major) good for burying
(D major) bones
(G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 4
(D major) I took the pistol (A major) off the wall,
(G major) somebody hollered, "Put it back
(A major) (D major) Sit down, dad, before (A major) you fall down,
you (G major) got no earthly use (A major) for that"
(G major) But I slipped out the kit (A major) chen door,
(D major) saddled (A major) up the sway (B minor) backed mule (D major)
(G major) Cinched her tight and swung on board,
(A major) rode off like a drunken fool
(G major) Rode right on (A major) off the world,
(D major) just like it never mattered none
(G major) There wasn't nothing but me and the hurt,
and the (A major) biting cold, and the heft of that gun
(G major) In the pocket of a (A major) sheepskin coat,
(D major) moon (A major) light in a mad (B minor) man's (A major) eye
(G major) For the unfairness of it all,
(A major) surely something had to die (G major)
My field (A major) s are empty now
Verse 5
(B minor) (A major) (G major)
My ground (A major) won't take the plow (B minor) (A major)
It's (G major) washed down to gravel (A major)
and stone (B minor) s (A major)
(G major) It's only good (A major) for burying (D major) bones
Interlude 1
(G major) (A major) (D major) (G major)
(A major) (B minor) (A major) (G major) (A major) (D major) (B minor)
(G major) (A major) (D major) (Asus4) (A major)
Verse 6
(D major) He came out in the lantern light
His (G major) face in the flash was the last I saw
(D major) of the world when it was still right (G major)
I didn't watch him fall, (A major) (G major) I knew I'd hit (A major) him good,
(D major) twice in the (A major) chest without (B minor) a thought (D major)
(G major) Turned the mule towards the county seat,
(A major) like I knew I ought
Verse 7
(G major)
My field (A major) s are empty now (B minor) (A major) (G major)
My ground (A major) won't take the plow (B minor)
(A major) It's (G major) washed down to gravel (A major)
and stone (B minor) s (A major)
(G major) It's only good (A major) for burying (B minor) bones (A major) (G major)
My field (A major) s are empty now
Verse 8
(D major) (G major)
My ground (A major) won't take the plow (D major) (A major)
It's (G major) washed down to gravel (A major)
and stone (B minor) s (A major)
(G major) It's only good for burying
bones (D major)
Interlude 2
(G major) (A major) (D major) (A major) (G major) (A major)
Verse 9
(D major) Lola comes to visit,
(A major) (G major) just nothing I (A major) can say
We sit (D major) here of an af (A major) ternoon 'til
it's (G major) time for her to go away
(A major) She (G major) rides home on that same (A major) mule that
(D major) brought me (A major) to this place (B minor) (A major)
(G major) Don't know how she even stands
to (A major) look upon her daddy's face
Verse 10
(D major) He was more than just a decent man
(G major) Best friend I ever (D major) had
When you're shooting at a coffee can
Thirty eight don't kick that (A major) bad (G major) (A major)
Decent Man
James McMurtry
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