Narration chords by Johnny Cash
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Verse 1
(D major) One day on (F sharp major) 1881 the Tomb
(D minor) stone Epitaph
A booming newspaper in a booming
silver mining (F major) town
Screamed (E major) out the headlines
about a (E minor) gunfight at
The OK Corral right (B major) downtown
The headlines read (D minor) "Murder
(G major) in the Streets of Tomb (D minor) stone"
Verse 2
(D major) Well, that was (D minor) n't such hot
news
But more stark (A minor) and spine-
(E minor) chilling than that was a sight
(E major) On the (D major) boardwalk (D minor) in front of the
Epi (D major) taph building
(D minor) Neatly laid out in beautiful casket
(F sharp major) s were the bodies of (A minor) Tom McLowery
Frank (D minor) McLowery and young (E major) Billy Clanton,
(D minor) 28 years old
(D major) A witness at the trial (D minor) later said
(G major) that he saw Doc Holliday
(E minor) Blast away with a nickel (G major) plated pistol
(D major) And Billy Clan (G major) ton screamed,
(D major) (D minor) "Don't shoot me, I don't wanna fight" (D major)
(G major) Today, (A minor) there's
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Verse 3
(E major) no more silver mining
in Tombstone
(A flat major) But up there on (D minor) Boot Hill,
you can (E major) see where the graves of the men are
(D major) The (G major) ones who fought over or be (D minor) cause of
that big silver strike (D major) that created Tombstone
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