The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam Mcgee chords by 
The Hollies 
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Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Em
Big tall man stand ing in
Verse 1
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the street
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Gun hanging on by his side
Just one man that he'd like to meet
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That's when I began to hide
Verse 2
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Em
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I recog nized him from the face of his son
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The hate in his eye didn't lie
And what I did can't be undone
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Bor rowed time, there's none to buy
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Verse 3
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Well, I hid around the back
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of a derel ict shack
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Ain't looking for a mad show down
But he was smart, he'd already checked
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A week in advance I'd paid down
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Well, the hotel
Verse 4
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clerk was a fun-loving man
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man
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The job he had it didn't pay
He told all about what
happened that night
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There he is,
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that's the one's all he'd say
Verse 5
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Well, all the people were
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Running, jumping, even thump ing
On my bad neighbor's doors
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Crying curly Billy silly with
his colt he calls filly
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Let me in I gotta hide
Verse 6
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Well, everybody was
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Crying, sighing Sam McGee's dying
No one to protect our town
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Curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly
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He's gonna shoot your sher iff down
Interlude 1
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Em
Big tall man stand ing in
Verse 7
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the street
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Now a hand hovering ready to slide
Drew out his gun, it wasn't for fun
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Let me in there's nowhere to hide
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Well,
Verse 8
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I made my play but
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Em
it wasn't my day
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I felt the ripping lead
That's when I knew my
time was through
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Rest in peace were the last words he said
Verse 9
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Well, all the people were
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Running, jumping, even thump ing
On my bad neighbor's doors
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Crying curly Billy silly with
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his colt he calls filly
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Let me in I gotta hide
Verse 10
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Well, everybody was
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Crying, sighing Sam McGee's dying
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No one to protect our town
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Curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly
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He's gonna shoot
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your sheriff down
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Verse 11
Well, all the people were
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Running, jumping, even thumping
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On my bad neighbor's doors
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B
Crying curly Billy silly with
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his colt he calls filly
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Let me in I gotta hide
Verse 12
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Well, everybody was
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Crying, sighing Sam McGee's dying
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A
No one to protect our town
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Curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly
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He's gonna shoot your sher
iff down
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Verse 13
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Running, jumping, even thumping
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On my bad neighbor's doors
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Crying curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly
A
Let me in I gotta hide
Verse 14
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Well, everybody was
B
Crying, sighing Sam McGee's dying
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