Don't Take Your Guns To Town original guitar chords by
Johnny Cash
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Key: Bb major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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A young cowboy named Billy Joe grew
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restless on the farm
A boy filled with wonderlust who
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really meant no harm
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He changed his clothes and shined his boots
And combed his dark hair down
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And his mother cried as he walked out
Chorus 1
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Don't take your guns to town son
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Leave your guns at home Bill
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Don't take your guns to town
Verse 2
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He laughed and kissed his mom
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And said your Billy Joe's a man
I can shoot as quick and straight as
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anybody can
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But I wouldn't shoot without a cause
I'd gun nobody down
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But she cried again as he rode away
Chorus 2
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Don't take your guns to town son
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Leave your guns at home Bill
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Don't take your guns to town
Verse 3
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He sang a song as on he rode
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His guns hung at his hips
He rode into a cattle town
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A smile upon his lips
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He stopped and walked into a bar
And laid his money down
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But his mother's words echoed again
Chorus 3
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Don't take your guns to town son
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Leave your guns at home Bill
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Don't take your guns to town
Verse 4
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He drank his first strong strong liquor then
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to calm his shaking hand
And tried to tell himself he had
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at last he had become a man
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A dusty cowpoke at his side
began to laugh him down
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And he heard again his mothers words
Chorus 4
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Don't take your guns to town son
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Leave your guns at home Bill
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Verse 5
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Filled with rage then
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Billy Joe reached for his gun to draw
But the stranger drew his gun and fired
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Before he even saw
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As Billy Joe fell to the floor
The crowd all gathered 'round
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And wondered at his final words
Outro 1
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Don't take your guns to town son
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Leave your guns at home Bill
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