Sundown (Ballad of Bill Thaxton) chords by
Marty Robbins

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Key: C major•

Verse 1

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Bill Thaxton was an ex ranger

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One of the bravest by far

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It's said that old Bill was

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The fast est man ever

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To pin on a ranger's star

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Stor ies about him were legends

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Bill was the best of the bold

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Bad men all feared him way back in his day

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But he was now growing old

Verse 2

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Into Bill's town rode an out law

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He wore his gun low and tied down

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He reined in his horse and

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Announced to the crowd

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"If you speak to me call me Sun down"

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His clothes were all dark and fancy

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And topped by a black leather vest

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Somebody asked how

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he came by his name

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And if he was one of the be st

Verse 3

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The eyes of the tall stranger narrowed

He grinned like the devil possessed

"I never fight till the sun's going down

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And my back is facing the

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West "

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Verse 4

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Said he wouldn't be with us to morrow

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He only rode in for one thing

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He only stopped by to make

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Bill Thaxton die

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So he could add to his fame

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"Go give Bill Thaxton a message

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And tell him a killer's in town

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Tell him we'll meet at

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the en d of the street

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Just as the sun's going down"

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Somebody said it had been years

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Since old Bill had toted a gun

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Sun down replied that

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it was n't his hide

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Killing old Bill would be fun

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The old ranger sen t back his an swer

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"Tell him that I'm on my way

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I've never ran and I'll

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meet this young man

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At any time of the day"

Verse 5

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Bill got there just about sunset

It still hung like fire in the sky

In just a few moments out

there in the street

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Old Bill or the outlaw would die

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Verse 6

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Slowly Bill slid from the saddle

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And star ted to make his ad vance

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The sun hit the old ranger

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square in the eye s

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The shadows had started to dance

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Bill started talk ing to Sun down

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Judging his distance that way

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Their stride was the same and

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At just thirty feet

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Both of the men made their play

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Verse 7

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Bill's gun slipped leather like light ning

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His forty- four spoke with a whine

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The sun didn't bother Bill Thaxton at all

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Be cause the old ranger was blind

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Six shots de livered their message

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The ranger had emptied his gun

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Bill gave a sigh when there was no reply

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He knew that once more he had won

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The old ranger lowered his six gun

He just stood there starting ahead

Watching you'd think that old

Bill didn't know

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In front of him Sundown lay dead

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Verse 8

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Bill has been gone for a long time

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But old timers still can re call

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The day the old ranger

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stood up to the test

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And proved he was be st of them all

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