Key: E major
Intro 1
E
B
A
B
A
E
B
A
E
A
E
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E
Verse 1
E
G#m
A
er was a man so dark on me
E
G#m
A
I was only black and my eyes were green
B
E
G#m
A
And I can tell you now that I'm very old
E
G#m
A
I'd kill any man for a piece of gold
E
G#m
A
E
Oh, what a life I've led
B
A
I've been a real bad man
B
A
F#m
And I ought to be dead
B
E
G#m
A
Oh, what a life I've led
E
B
A
I've been a real mean man
B
A
left a lot of men dead
B
A
E
A
E
And a lot of girls cryin'
A
E
G#m
A
I rode in a Dodge on a sunny day
E
G#m
I went there to steal all
B
E
G#m
And when I left town
A
E
on the street train wreck
A
E
in three cars they did
G#m
A
Oh, what a life I've led
E
B
A
I've been a real bad man,
B
F#m
A
and I oughta be dead
B
E
G#m
A
Oh, what a life I've led
E
B
A
I've been a real mean man,
B
A
E
full of cheating and lying
B
A
Left a lot of men dead
B
A
E
and a lot of girls crying
G#m
A
E
G#m
Yes, it did
A
B
E
G#m
A
E
G#m
A
E
B
If you were a wise man
F#m
B
You wouldn't have left me alone
E
G#m
A
I've lived all my life such a lonely one
E
G#m
Just me and my horse and
B
E
G#m
I've lived and I've loved
E
G#m
A
But I know now I'd do it over again
G#m
A
Oh, what a life I've led
E
B
A
I've been a real bad man
B
F#m
And I oughta be dead
B
E
G#m
A
Oh, what a life I've led
E
B
A
I've been a real mean man
B
A
E
Full of cheatin' and lyin'
A
B
A
E
And a lot of good crimes
G#m
A
Oh, what a life I've led
E
B
A
I've been a real bad man
B
F#m
B
E
And I oughta be dead
G#m
A
Oh, what a life I've led
E
B
A
I've been a real mean man
B
A
E
Full of cheatin' and lyin'
B
A
Left a lot of men dead
B
A
And a lot of good crimes
E
B
A
B
A
Ooh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
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