Killer's Three chords by Merle Haggard
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Verse 1
Did (G major) you ever hear the story
of the (D major) famed Killer (G major) s Three?
They were just common people,
folk (A major) s like you and (D major) me
And they (G major) dreamed of California
and a (D major) brand new destiny
(G major) And their life (C major) became a (G major) legend,
the (D major) Famed Killers (G major) Three.
Johnny Water carried whiskey
through the (D major) Carolina (G major) hills.
Hey, Johnny was a runner
and lived a (A major) life of many (D major) thrills
But the (G major) little bit they paid him
wouldn't (D major) feed his family (G major)
So he (C major) dreamed of Californi (G major) a
and the (D major) new life there would (G major) be
Roger (C major) Kirk came to town
with (F major) no plan in (C major) mind
He just came to visit
Johnny and his wife Car (D major) oline
And (G major) Ro ger met his buddy
in the U .S. Infantry
They (C major) dreamed of Californi (G major) a
when the (D major) Army set him (G major) free
Roger drifted into town
a very lonely man
There were many things about him
no (A major) one could under (D major) stand
And (G major) little did he know
he would (D major) find his destiny
(G major) In the (C major) one remaining (G major) corner
of the (D major) famed killer's (G major) tree
Hey (C major) Johnny promised Carol
everything (F major) well to (C major) buy
He said Roger had to help him
with a plan he had to (D major) try
Lester (G major) Meade had lots of money
that he (D major) made illegally (G major)
Johnny (C major) planned to (G major) take it
in a (D major) noonday robbery
(G major) The federal revenuers
had a plan to (D major) bring him (G major) down
So they set a trap to catch him
just (A major) outside of (D major) town
And (G major) Johnny drove hard and (D major) fast
to make his getaway
(G major) And (C major) Johnny played it (G major) cool
in the (D major) heat of the (G major) day
All the (C major) town folk thought of Johnny
as the (F major) hero of the (C major) town
He had nerve and he was faster
than anyone around (D major)
The (G major) lawmen tried to trap him
and (D major) once again they (G major) failed
Cause (C major) Johnny beat him (G major) driving
and the (D major) lawmen lost his (G major) trail
As they drove into Lunsville
to return (D major) the bumper jack (G major)
Johnny wanted Carol
to take (A major) Tony and turn (D major) back
But (G major) Carol loved her Johnny
though she knew that (D major) he was (G major) wrong
Only (C major) death could come
between (G major) a (D major) love that was so (G major) strong
Four (C major) more lay dead
from the (F major) famed killer's (C major) three
And the lawmen tried to stop them,
but they were running wild and (D major) free
They're gonna get (G major) to California,
somehow they (D major) know they (G major) will
But the (C major) lawmen waited for (G major) them
just (D major) over the (G major) hill
Roger Kirk met his death
in a blazing (D major) rage of (G major) fire
They say he died a victim
of a (A major) haughty de (D major) sire
He (G major) tried to prove he was a man
both (D major) fearless and (G major) straight
But he (C major) died and left be (G major) hind him
the (D major) legend of his (G major) fate
Let us (C major) say a prayer for Tony,
maybe (F major) he won't real (C major) ized
what his mom and dad are
doing
and no scolding when he (D major) cries
his (G major) mother died an outlaw
she really meant (D major) no (G major) harm
his (C major) daddy known as (G major) johnny
brought her (D major) home in his (G major) stars.
Killer's Three
Merle Haggard
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