Key: Bb minor
Verse 1
C#m
I have a reputation
that's known throughout the land
A
They say I'm faster on the draw
B
C#m
than any living man
They call me the bad man,
they say I kill for fun
A
They say the only thing I know
B
C#m
is how to use a gun
E
But they don't know the reason
C#m
they branded me as bad
A
This started many years ago
B
C#m
when I was just a lad
I rode into a tattered town
a boy of twenty -three
A
So young and yet that very day
B
I carved my destiny
C#m
I walked into the town
soon
that sad and fateful day
A
Then I began to gamble
B
C#m
to pass the time away
E
C#m
I thought I'd play a hand or two
E
C#m
and hit the trail again
A
But Lady Luck wasn't with me
C#m
and I began to wail
The dealer kept on dealing,
the stakes were getting high
A
And pretty soon there was no one
left to put on
B
C#m
Old Cowboy and I
The minutes seemed like hours,
you couldn't hear a sound
A
We bet and raved
B
C#m
until we laid all our money down
E
The cowboy smiled and showed
his hand
C#m
three aces he did hold
A
But I laid down a royal flush
B
C#m
and reached to claim my gold
The cowboy stood and faced me,
his hands hung at his hips
A
A look of hate was in his eyes,
B
C#m
a smile at her empty lips
He said, young man, slap leather,
I'm known for miles around
A
To keep my reputation up,
B
C#m
I've got to gun you down
E
With a light that's speeding
through and fired,
C#m
one life to pay the cost
A
The cowboy crumbled to the floor,
B
C#m
his reputation lost
Now years have come and years have gone,
and many men have died
A
He's tried his luck
and hoped he'd be
B
C#m
the fastest gun alive
And in my many fights to live,
I wonder if I've won
A
I'm known by all as Batman,
B
C#m
they think I kill for fun
E
Someday I'll meet a cowboy
C#m
whose feet will meet my chest
A
Man, that would end the saga
of
B
C#m
The Bad Man of the West
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