One Hour Ahead Of The Posse chords by
Sam Cooke

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Verse 1

One hour ahead of the posse

The bloodhounds are hot on my trail

Last night I shot my sweetheart

This morning I broke out of jail

Verse 2
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My Pinto is tired and hungry
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And I'm feeling weary and warm
We started ahead of the posse
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And we got to keep going on
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The sherrif

Verse 3
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aswored he
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would get me
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He's riding with 20 and 5
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But I'm not afeared of that posse
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They never will get me alive
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Verse 4
One hour ahead of the posse
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No turning to left or to right
We must win the race to the river
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Or there'll be a hanging tonight
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Verse 5
One hour ahead of the posse
No time for remorse or regret
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But somehow her eyes
still haunt me
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Her laughter is taunting me yet

Verse 6
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It started the night that I met her
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She kissed me and vowed she would care
I traded the gold in my pocket
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To fondle the curls in her hair
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She lied when she

Verse 7
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G G 
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told me
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Cm Cm 3
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she loved me
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Ab Ab 4
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She lied with each kiss that she gave
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She lied to  the mo  ment I caught her
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And now she lies still in her grave
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Verse 8
On hour ahead of the posse
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The night is a- coming on fast
We must win the race to the Rio
And well shake that old
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posse  at last
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Verse 9
We're nearing the end of our journey
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Gb Gb 2
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And now I'm inside of my goal
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D D 
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At last we've beaten the posse
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May the Lord have mercy on
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my soul
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(May the Lord have
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mercy on hissoul)

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