Running Gun chords by Michael Martin Murphey
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Verse 1
(D major) (G major) (A major) (G major)
(D major) I rode out of Kansas
City heading (G major) south to Mexico
I was run (A major) ning dodging danger,
left (G major) the girl that I loved so (D major)
Far behind lay Kansas City (G major) and the past
that I had earned
Twenty notches (A major) on my six gun marked
(G major) the lessons I had learned (D major)
Verse 2
Many (G major) times I sold my fast gun
for a place (D major) to lay my head
(G major) Till the nights began to haunt me by
the men (D major) that I (A major) lay dead
Couldn't stand (D major) it any longer with
(G major) this life that I'd begun
So I said (A major) good- bye to Jeannie
and (G major) became a running gun (D major)
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Verse 3
I rode into (D major) Amarillo as
(G major) the sun sank in the west
My thoughts (A major) in Kansas City and
(G major) the girl that I love be (D major) st
As I smiled and kissed her gently
and (G major) then turned away to go
Said I'd send (A major) for her to meet
me when (G major) I reached old Mexico
(D major) I (G major) had barely left
Verse 4
the saddle and my foot
(D major) just touched the ground
(G major) When a cold voice from the shadows
told me not (D major) to turn (A major) around
Said (D major) he new about my fast gun knew
(G major) the price paid by the law
Chal (A major) lenged by a bounty hunter
(G major) I turned around to draw (D major)
Verse 5
I knew someday I'd meet him for (G major)
his hand like lightning flashed
(A major) My own gun stayed in leather
as (G major) his bullet tore it's path (D major)
As my strength was slowly fading,
I (G major) could see him walk away
And I knew (A major) that where I lie today,
(G major) he too must lie some (D major) day
Now (G major) my strength is slowly fading
Verse 6
and my eyes (D major) are growing dim
And (G major) my thoughts return to Jeannie
And the home (D major) that we
(A major) had planned
Oh please tell (D major) her won't you mister
That (G major) she's still the only one
But a woman's (A major) love is waisted when she loves
(G major) a running gun (D major)
(G major) (A major) (G major)
(D major)
Verse 7
Running gun, running gun
Running Gun
Michael Martin Murphey
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