Key: E major
Intro 1
C
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D
G
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Verse 1
tall, and slender
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G
C
Better known by his being a bartender
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D
Bill Martin was long tall and slender,
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C
better known by his being a bartender.
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D
One day he went down to Faraway Gun,
Martin had never done.
C
A
And Ellis People's downtown
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G
C
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D
had no lovin' point
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D
And the first ball entered in her side
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C
And the second ball entered in her breast
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D
The third ball entered in her hip
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D
With nothin' on them girls' minds
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C
But she'd left her two sons behind
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D
And for the deed, Bill Martin, that you done
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D
For the deed, Bill Martin, that you done
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C
Judge Sanders, you're going to be hung
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C
And the train come a -rollin' by
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D
He waved his hand to the woman he loved
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C
And then he hung his head and cried
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D
Come all and take heed
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C
When the dead of war ever speak
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Come all and take heed
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C
At the down low poor Ellen's feet
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D
Someday you'll go for a little lovin' fun
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Someday you'll go for a little lovin' fun
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C
And a man will do like Bill Maudin does
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