One Hour Ahead Of The Posse chords by
Sam Cooke

N/A

Key: A major•

Verse 1

A

A

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Bb

Bb

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One hour ahead of the posse

A

A

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E

E

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The bloodhounds are hot on my trail

Last night I shot my sweetheart

A

A

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This morning I broke out of jail

Verse 2

A

A

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Bb

Bb

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My Pinto is tired and hungry

A

A

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E

E

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And I'm feeling weary and warm

We started ahead of the posse

A

A

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And we got to keep going on

C#m

C#m

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The sherrif

Verse 3

A

A

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aswored he

C#

C#

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would get me

A

A

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D

D

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A

A

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He's riding with 20 and 5

B

B

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But I'm not afeared of that posse

E

E

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They never will get me alive

A

A

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Verse 4

One hour ahead of the posse

E

E

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No turning to left or to right

We must win the race to the river

A

A

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Or there'll be a hanging tonight

Bb

Bb

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Verse 5

One hour ahead of the posse

No time for remorse or regret

F

F

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But somehow her eyes

still haunt me

Bb

Bb

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Her laughter is taunting me yet

Verse 6

Bb

Bb

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It started the night that I met her

F

F

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She kissed me and vowed she would care

I traded the gold in my pocket

Bb

Bb

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To fondle the curls in her hair

D

D

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She lied when she

Verse 7

Dm

Dm

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A

A

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told me

Dm

Dm

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A

A

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Dm

Dm

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she loved me

Eb

Eb

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Bb

Bb

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She lied with each kiss that she gave

Gm

Gm

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C

C

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She lied to the mo ment I caught her

F

F

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And now she lies still in her grave

Bb

Bb

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Verse 8

On hour ahead of the posse

F

F

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The night is a- coming on fast

We must win the race to the Rio

And well shake that old

Bb

Bb

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posse at last

B

B

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Verse 9

We're nearing the end of our journey

E

E

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B

B

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Ab

Ab

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And now I'm inside of my goal

Abm

Abm

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Dbm

Dbm

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E

E

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B

B

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At last we've beaten the posse

B

B

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Dbm

Dbm

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E

E

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May the Lord have mercy on

B

B

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Gb

Gb

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B

B

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E

E

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B

B

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my soul

E

E

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Dbm

Dbm

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(May the Lord have

E

E

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Gb

Gb

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mercy on his soul)

Outro 1

B

B

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsA Bb E C#m C#...

A
Bb
E
C#m
C#
D
B
F
Dm
Eb
Gm
C
Ab
Abm
Dbm
Gb

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

0

Chords

A
Bb
E
C#m
C#
D
B
F
Dm
Eb
Gm
C
Ab
Abm
Dbm
Gb

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

0

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