Key: E minor
Intro 1
Em
D#dim
B
Five brothers who left Arkansas
Verse 1
Bb
B
Em
Set out to find the gambler
Who murdered their pa
Am
Five
Verse 2
Em
brothers and three
in their teens
G
Gotta find the man
Em
Who killed their pa in New Orleans
Verse 3
They heard of him in Houston
B
And his trail was leadin' west
Em
He'd left there many
Verse 4
months ago
Verse 5
And so they couldn't rest
Am
Em
Five brothers and three
in their teens
G
Gotta find the man
Verse 6
Em
Who killed their pa
in New Orleans
Fm
New Orleans
Verse 7
Fm
The sun was hot as fire
C
And the nights were cold
Verse 8
as steel
Fm
Hate was strong and
Verse 9
youth was wild
Fm
And so they couldn't feel
Bbm
Fm
Five brothers and three
in their teens
G#
Gotta find the man
Fm
Who killed their pa in New Orleans
Verse 10
His trail led to the Badlands
C
And the desert promised death
Fm
The gambler's odds were
Verse 11
different now
Verse 12
He treasured every breath
Bbm
Fm
Five brothers and three
in their teens
G#
Close behind the man
Verse 13
Fm
Who killed their pa
in New Orleans
F#m
New Orleans
Verse 14
F#m
When first they saw the killer
Verse 15
He was by the waterhole
C#
F#m
Five rifles rang out through the night
They killed the gambler cold
Bm
Five
Verse 16
B
F#m
brothers and three in their teens
Verse 17
G#
Finally got the man
Fm
F
Who killed their pa in New Orleans
F#m
Verse 18
The desert is their keeper now
C#
For this a traveler said
F#m
That poison lived within
Verse 19
the hole
Verse 20
Now six of them are dead
Bm
F#m
Five brothers and three
in their teens
G#
Lay beside the man
Verse 21
Fm
F
Who killed their pa in New Orleans
Verse 22
F#m
A
Lay beside the man
F#m
Who killed their pa in New
Verse 23
C#m
F#m
Orleans
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