Killer's Three

Killer's Three easy guitar chords by Merle Haggard

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

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  • G

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  • Verse 1
    Did 
    you ever 
    hear 
    the story 

    of 
    the 
    famed 
    Killer
    s Three? 

    They 
    were just 
    common 
    people, 

    folk
    s like 
    you and 
    me 

    And 
    they 
    dreamed 
    of California 

    and 
    brand new 
    destiny 

    And 
    their life 
    became 
    legend, 

    the 
    Famed 
    Killers 
    Three. 

    Johnny 
    Water carried 
    whiskey 

    through the 
    Carolina 
    hills. 

    Hey, 
    Johnny was 
    runner 

    and 
    lived a 
    life of 
    many 
    thrills 

    But the 
    little bit 
    they 
    paid him 

    wouldn't 
    feed his 
    family 

    So 
    he 
    dreamed of 
    Californi

    and 
    the 
    new life 
    there would 
    be 

    Roger 
    Kirk 
    came to 
    town 

    with 
    no plan 
    in 
    mind 

    He 
    just 
    came 
    to visit 

    Johnny 
    and his 
    wife Car
    oline 

    And 
    Ro
    ger 
    met his 
    buddy 

    in the 
    U .S. 
    Infantry 

    They 
    dreamed of 
    Californi

    when 
    the 
    Army 
    set him 
    free 

    Roger 
    drifted 
    into town 

    very 
    lonely 
    man 

    There 
    were 
    many things 
    about 
    him 

    no 
    one could 
    under
    stand 

    And 
    little 
    did he 
    know 

    he would 
    find his 
    destiny 

    In 
    the 
    one remaining 
    corner

    of the 
    famed 
    killer's 
    tree 

    Hey 
    Johnny promised 
    Carol 

    everything 
    well 
    to 
    buy 

    He 
    said 
    Roger 
    had to 
    help him 

    with a 
    plan 
    he had to 
    try 

    Lester 
    Meade had 
    lots 
    of money 

    that 
    he 
    made illegally 

    Johnny 
    planned 
    to 
    take it 

    in a 
    noonday 
    robbery 

    The 
    federal 
    revenuers 

    had a 
    plan to 
    bring him 
    down 

    So 
    they set 
    a trap 
    to 
    catch him 

    just 
    outside 
    of 
    town 

    And 
    Johnny drove 
    hard 
    and 
    fast 

    to make his 
    getaway 

    And 
    Johnny 
    played it 
    cool 

    in the 
    heat 
    of 
    the 
    day 

    All 
    the 
    town folk 
    thought of 
    Johnny 

    as the 
    hero 
    of the 
    town 

    He 
    had nerve 
    and he was 
    faster 

    than 
    anyone 
    around 

    The 
    law
    men 
    tried to 
    trap him 

    and 
    once again 
    they 
    failed 

    Cause 
    Johnny beat 
    him 
    driv
    ing 

    and the 
    lawmen 
    lost his 
    trail 

    As 
    they 
    drove 
    into Lunsville 

    to return 
    the 
    bumper jack

    Johnny 
    wanted 
    Carol 

    to take 
    Tony and 
    turn 
    back 

    But 
    Car
    ol 
    loved her 
    Johnny 

    though she 
    knew that 
    he was 
    wrong 

    Only 
    death could 
    come 

    between 
    love 
    that was so 
    strong 

    Four 
    more 
    lay 
    dead 

    from 
    the 
    famed 
    killer's 
    three 

    And 
    the 
    lawmen 
    tried to 
    stop them, 


    but they were 
    running 
    wild 
    and 
    free 

    They're 
    gonna get 
    to 
    California, 

    somehow 
    they 
    know they 
    will 

    But 
    the 
    lawmen 
    waited for 
    them 

    just 
    over 
    the 
    hill 

    Roger 
    Kirk 
    met his 
    death 

    in 
    a blazing 
    rage of 
    fire 

    They 
    say 
    he 
    died a 
    victim 

    of 
    haughty 
    de
    sire 

    He 
    tried to 
    prove he 
    was a 
    man 

    both 
    fearless 
    and 
    straight 

    But 
    he 
    died 
    and left be
    hind him 

    the 
    legend 
    of his 
    fate 

    Let 
    us 
    say a 
    prayer for 
    Tony, 

    maybe 
    he won't 
    real
    ized 

    what 
    his 
    mom and 
    dad are 

    doing 

    and no scolding 
    when 
    he 
    cries 

    his 
    mother died 
    an 
    outlaw 

    she 
    really meant 
    no 
    harm 

    his 
    daddy known 
    as 
    johnny 

    brought her 
    home 
    in his 
    stars. 


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