Running Gun original guitar chords by
Marty Robbins

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Key: E major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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I rode out of Kansas City,
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going south to Mexico
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I was running dodging danger,
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E E 
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left the girl that I loved so
Far behind lay Kansas City
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and the past that I had earned
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Twenty notches on my six gun
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marked the lessons I had learned

Chorus 1
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Many times I sold my fast gun
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for a place to lay my head
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Till the nights began to haunt me
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by the men that I lay dead
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Couldn't stand it any lon ger
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with this life that I'd begun
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So I said good-bye to Jeannie
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E E 
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and become a running gun

Verse 2
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I rode in to Amarillo
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as the sun sank in the west
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My thoughts in Kansas City
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and the girl that I love best
As I smiled and kissed her gently
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and then turned away to go
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Said I'd send for her to meet me
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E E 
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when I reached old Mexico

Chorus 2
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I had barely left the saddle
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and my foot just touched the ground
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When a cold voice from the shadows
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told me not to turn around
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Said he knew about my fast gun,
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knew the price paid by the law
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Challenged by  a bounty hunter,
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E E 
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so I turned around to draw

Verse 3
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I knew someday I'd meet him
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for his hand like lightning flashed
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My own gun stayed in leather
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as his bullet tore its path
As my strength was slowly fading,
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I could see him walk away
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And I knew that where I lie tonight,
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he too must lie some day

Chorus 3
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Now a crowd is slowly gathering
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but my eyes are growing dim
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And my thoughts return to Jeannie
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and the home that we had planned
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Oh please tell her won't you mister
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that she's still the only one
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But a woman's love is waisted
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E E 
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when she loves a running gun

Outro 1

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