The Deadwood Stage chords by Johnny Bond

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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The Deadwood
stage was running late
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and I wondered if I'd keep that date
with a man I'd never even seen
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but he was a killer and  he was mean.
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Not long ago he'd been in town,
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shot my two best buddies down,
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then he mounted up and got away
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but I found out where he was one day.
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He escaped to Deadwood,
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they said to me,
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So I sent word that's where I'd be.
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And I told him in the letter I wrote
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That I'd have a rose pinned on my coat.
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That way he'd know me
when I stepped out
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Of the Deadwood stage as it pulled about.
And I said, come shootin' as
straight as you can,
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Cause when the smoke clears away,
only one of us will stand.
But the Deadwood stage
was late that day,
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So I spoke to the lady
sittin' cross the way,
The only woman passenger there,
And she was a beauty beyond compare.
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Where you goin', my pretty miss?
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I'd a give my all those lips to kiss.
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To Deadwood, sir, to meet my man
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Then she cooled herself
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with her dainty fan
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I, too, go to Deadwood a man to meet
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Only our meeting'll
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take place in the street
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Oh, the showdown, she softly said
And the driver shouted,
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Deadwood ahead
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Supposing that your man and
mine were the same,
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would you still go ahead
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with your dangerous game?
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Don't worry, says I, it'd never be.
Ours are two different
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men. You'll see.
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But if by chance it should happen to be,
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please, sir, don't take my lover from me.
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Lady, please, I've a job to do.
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Don't worry, your man and mine make two.
All out for Deadwood,
the wheels skidded on the ground,
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And I noticed a lot of people
standing all around.
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She stepped out of the stage
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and with arms so fair,
Embraced the gentleman
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standing there.
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Oh, it was him, all right, I knew it well,
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The same one that I'd
sworn to send to hell,
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But he didn't know if I was
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the one who'd warned him
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I was coming with my gun.
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But if he sees me, he's sure to tell
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By the flower that I'd penned
on my lapel.
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So I whispered, dear God,
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revenge is yours, I suppose,
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As I reached up and slowly
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removed the rose.