Key: E major
Verse 1
E
A
E
B
E
John Wesley Harding
B
E
Killed him in the bed right where he lay
He took a snort of whisky and
him the next day,
E
Verse 2
Now the brothers Frank and Jesse,
they fought for Dixie
to be James.
E
A
Verse 3
Chorus:
B
E
Livin' in the west must
C#m
A
have been the best
A
B
Me I lived in the east and I was
E
B
C#m
bored to say the least
A
But I never saw those sons of guns in bar-rooms starting
Interlude 1
starting brawls.
B
C#m
A
E
B
E
Verse 4
Little William Bonney,
A
B
Billy the Kid they called him
E
A
Had to use a six-gun to to survive
was alive.
E
A
Verse 5
Chorus:
B
E
Livin' in the west must have
C#m
A
been the best
A
B
E
Me I lived in the east and I was bored
B
C#m
to say the least
bar-rooms starting starting brawls.
B
Verse 6
B
E
But they still live on in stories and
want to say.
E
A
E
Verse 7
A
Chorus:
B
E
Livin' in the west must have
C#m
A
been the best
A
B
Me I lived in the east and I was
E
C#m
bored to say the least
Verse 8
bar-rooms starting starting brawls.
B
Chorus:
Livin' in the west must
have been the best
Must have been the greatest times of all
A
B
E
Me I lived in the east and I was bored
A
'Cause I never saw those sons of guns in bar-rooms
Outro 1
starting starting brawls...
B
A
B
C#m
A
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A B C#m
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